The authorities yesterday lodged a case accusing six persons including the importer and the clearing & forwarding agent of a consignment, seized on Sunday for smuggling in a large amount of Indian currency that are presumably counterfeit.
Revenue Officer of the Directorate of Customs Intelligence and Investigation (CIID) Bidhan Kumar Barua filed the case with Bandar police under the Customs Act, the Special Powers Act and the Baggage Act, police said.
Five of the accused – C&F agent Flash Trade International Chairman ASM Sayem Shamim, its Managing Director Md Asadullah, staffs Ahmad Ullad and Kaosar Alam, and importer Dubai-expatriate Shahiduzzaman’s brother Towhidul Alam – were arrested after the seizure, Bandar police Officer-in-Charge AKM Mohiuddin Selim said.
Importer Shahiduzzaman is on the run, the OC added.
