Customs intelligence officials seized 138kg unauthorised medicine from the freight unit of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport on Monday.
The medicine used for treating cancer illegally entered the country from Argentina on June 8 through flight no TK 712 of Turkish Airlines without the approval of Directorate General of Drug Administration of Bangladesh.
The market value of the medicine is estimated Tk4 crore. As the medicine were kept in open air for a month their quality was under question, said Customs Intelligence and Investigation Department (CIID) Assistant Director Shagufta Mahjabin.
She said without experts’ opinions she could not confirm if the medicine were fake.
The medicine were brought to the country under the name of Mizan Trade International, however, the owner of the company claimed that they did not import such medicine, she said.
Mizan Trade International had given a written document claiming that they did not import the medicine. Legal action will be taken after investigation, AD Shagufta said.
