Bangladesh Coast Guard seized two oil tankers loaded with furnace and unrefined oil worth Tk54.7m on the Karnaphuli River in Chittagong.
Acting on a tip-off, the coastguard patrol team caught OT Suchona loaded with 91,412 litres unrefined oil from the river near the port city’s Bangla Bazar area on Monday around 4:25pm said a coastguard (east) zone press-release.
It added that earlier on Sunday another patrol team seized OT Queen of Jyoti loaded with 95,000 litres of furnace oil from the same area of the river around 6pm.
Lieutenant Commander Masud, operation officer of Bangladesh Coast Guard (East), said as the authorities of the two tankers did not have any legal documents, the coastguard seized both oil tankers and handed them over to the Customs authority.
