15 held on way to KL
Friday, 6 March 2015
CHITTAGONG, March 5 (BSS): Members of Bangladesh Navy detained 15 Malaysia-bound fortune-seekers and traffickers from the outer anchorage of Chittagong port on Wednesday midnight while they were being trafficked illegally by engine boats.
The arrestees were aged about 20 to 30 years and their identities could not be known immediately. They will be handed over to local police, sources added.
A team of anti-smuggling cell intercepted two small engine boats around 1.30 am early on Thursday from the outer anchorage of Chittagong port following its suspicious movement and rescued the 12 victims, the sources said.