BSS-20 BCG arrests 5 with huge foreign liquors

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BCG arrests 5 with huge foreign liquors

KHULNA, March 2, 2020 (BSS)- Members of Bangladesh Coast Gaurd (BCG) West
Zone in a drive arrested five drug peddlers including three Chinese nationals
near Mongla Port in Bagerhat district last midnight.

During the drive, the BCG team also seized 300 bottles of Chinese wine
from their possession, a BCG press release said here today.

Acting on a tip-off, a special BCG team led by Operation Officer of its
West Zone Lieutenant Imtiaz Alam conducted a drive at a place, adjacent to a
SILO, which will be mainly used for handling imported wheat, is being built
on the banks of Pashur River under Mongla upazila in Bagerhat district around
12.05 am and nabbed the drug peddlers while they were trying to sell the
Chinese liquors.

Among the arrested, two Bangladeshis are Hasnat, 28, and Rumon Sikder, 32
while three Chinese are Jerry, 26, Jack Zia, 33, and Fu Hong, 33.

BCG members handed over the drug peddlers along with the drugs to the
Mongla Police Station today, said the release, adding that anti-drug drive
will continue at the coastal areas.

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