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CIGRATTE-RECOVERY
Cigarettes worth Tk 5 crore seized in Ctg
CHATTOGRAM, Feb 17, 2021 (BSS) – Customs Intelligence and Investigation
Department CIID seized cigarettes worth Tk five crore in Chattogram port.
Customs sources said that the consignment arrived at Chattogram port in the
name of Fujian Export Industries Limited, Ishwardi Export Processing Zone
(EPZ), Pabna, with the announcement of ‘Polyester PET Strap’ as a bond
facility goods.
Nurun Nahar Laily, Assistant Director, Customs Intelligence and
Investigation Department, told journalists that the foreign made cigarettes
were found in the consignment imported in the name of raw materials with
duty-free facility for 100% export-oriented industries.
Legal action would be taken against the culprits in this connection, she
added.
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