Coast Guard seizes smuggled liquor, cigarettes worth Tk53.6 lakh in Ctg
The Bangladesh Coast Guard has seized foreign beer, liquor
and cigarettes worth an estimated Tk53.61 lakh during an anti-smuggling
operation in Chattogram's Patenga.
According to a Coast Guard press
release issued today (30 June), personnel from the Patenga Outpost carried out
the raid at around 2am near Charpara Ghat under Patenga Police Station after
receiving intelligence that smuggled goods had been illegally unloaded from a
commercial vessel.
During the operation, Coast Guard
members recovered 1,765 cans of foreign beer, 74 bottles of vodka, 88 bottles
of whisky and 4,800 sticks of foreign cigarettes.
However, the suspected smugglers fled the scene after sensing the presence of
law enforcement personnel. No arrests were made during the drive.
The Coast Guard said the seized
contraband, valued at approximately Tk53.61 lakh, is being processed for legal
action in accordance with existing laws.
It added that intelligence-based
operations would continue to prevent the smuggling of illegal alcohol and other
contraband into the country.
