CHATTOGRAM, March 3, 2020 (BSS) – Customs Intelligence in cooperation with a vigilance team of National Security Intelligence (NSI) arrested three people and recovered 830 cartons of contraband cigarettes from Shah Amanat
International Airport, Chattogram this morning.
Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate (CIID) team nabbed the
trio, all are residents in Fatikchari upazila of the district, while they
were landing at the airport from Sharjah of Abu Dhabi by an Air Arabia flight
with these cigarettes around 8.45 am, airport sources said.
Assistant Commissioner of the CIID Mohammad Readul Islam said the
cigarettes worth about Taka 16.6 lakh were recovered from their possession
and handed over those to the airport customs for taking necessary action.