15 held in port city en route to M\\\'sia illegally

CHITTAGONG, Feb 12 (UNB): An anti-smuggling squad of Bangladesh Navy arrested 15 Bangladeshi nationals while they were going to Malaysia illegally from the outer anchorage of the port city early Thursday.

Identities of the arrestees could not be known immediately.

Commander Atiqur Rahman, officer-in-charge of Navy's anti-smuggling cell, said a team of Navy arrested 15 Bangladeshis in the area while they were going to Malaysia illegally by a trawler at about 3:30am.

The team also arrested an alleged human trafficker.