Customs seize fake medicine worth Tk 5.5m

Customs Intelligence at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport seized fake and contraband medicine worth around Tk 5.5 million (55 lakh) from two passengers in separate incidents on Friday night, reports UNB.

Sources at the Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate said they had information that Rakibul Hasan Sumon, a passenger of US Bangla airlines boarded into the flight No BS-110 from Chittagong Shah Amanat International Airport along with fake cancer medicines.

Based on the information, the CIID team challenged Sumon when he was about to leave the domestic terminal along with his luggage after the flight landed at the airport.

After searching his luggage, fake versions of medicines of a famed local drug company, usually used for chemotherapy of cancer treatment, were recovered, said director general of the CIID Dr Shahidul Islam adding that present market value of the seized medicines is worth around Tk 0.5 million.