Bangladesh Coast Guard (East Zone) members have seized 1,800 bottles of whiskey worth Tk1.08 crore from Outer Anchorage area of Chittagong Port early Friday.
The coastguard authorities issued a press release in this connection on Friday.
The press release stated that acting on a tip-off, the members of Bangladesh Coast Guard raided the Outer Anchorage area around 2:30am and recovered those whiskey bottles.
“But the smugglers, boarding on a trawler, fled the scene, sensing the presence of paramilitary force. Later, the coastguard personnel handed those bottles of whiskey over to the authorities concerned while legislative measures have been taken in this connection,” added the release.
On the other hand, Detective Branch (DB) of Chittagong Metropolitan Police (CMP) nabbed two persons – Sagar Dey, 21, and Abul Hashem, 25 – with five kilogrammes of hemp, worth Tk50,000, from in front of Four Star Fuel Station at the city’s Kadamtoli area around 6:20am.
The duo was handed over to Kotwali police station and a case was lodged with the police stations in this connection, added a press release of DB.
