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Smart phones, cigarettes seized at Ctg airport


Bangladeshpost
Published : 19 Sep 2019 07:51 PM | Updated : 05 Sep 2020 11:09 PM

Staff Correspondent, Ctg

Customs authorities have arrested three people, including 79 smartphones and 240 cartons of foreign cigarettes at Shah Amanat International Airport in the port city.

Customs officials seized the goods on Wednesday morning.

Shah Amanat Airport Customs Assistant Commissioner Md Aminul Islam said 80 cartons of different brands of cigarettes were found by searching Bangladesh Airlines passenger Mohiuddin baggage from Dubai. Mohiuddin's house is in Satkania upazila.

Thereafter 79 mobile sets were found in the luggage and pockets of Air Arabia passenger Mizanur Rahman from Sharjah. Her home is in Lohagara upazila.

He also said 13 mobile sets and 7 liters of liquor were seized by another passenger on the same flight. The market value of the seized products is Tk 30 lakh.


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