Indian clothes, Phensidyl seized, 10 arrested
Wednesday, 22 August 2007
JOYPURHAT, Aug 21 (UNB): RAB members in separate drives seized Indian smuggled clothes -- 1,030 pieces of three-piece dress, 980 pieces of sari -- and Phensidyl worth about Tk 24 lakh and arrested 10 people Sunday.
An official of RAB-5 here said they chased a truck from Joypurhat-Hili frontier and seized it in Naruli bus stand area of Bogra and recovered huge quantity of Indian three-piece and sari. They also arrested three people in this connection.
While returning to Joypurhat the elite force raided a capital bound bus at Matidali in Bogra town and recovered eight sacks of Indian sari and caught four smugglers.
Yet in another raid early Sunday, elite force members raided a maize laden capital bound truck at Puranapoil area here on Joypurhat-Hili road, recovered 283 bottles of phensidyl syrup and held three people. Another report from Khulna adds: Some 110 sacks of fertiliser were recovered from a truck at Palpara area of Dumuria upazila of the district on Sunday noon while those were being smuggled out to India.
Acting on a tip-off, a team of law enforcers led by UNO M Shahjahan Ali raided the truck and seized the fertiliser.
They also arrested truck driver Sarwar Sheikh and helper Saidul from the spot, but the smugglers managed to escape the scene.
An official of RAB-5 here said they chased a truck from Joypurhat-Hili frontier and seized it in Naruli bus stand area of Bogra and recovered huge quantity of Indian three-piece and sari. They also arrested three people in this connection.
While returning to Joypurhat the elite force raided a capital bound bus at Matidali in Bogra town and recovered eight sacks of Indian sari and caught four smugglers.
Yet in another raid early Sunday, elite force members raided a maize laden capital bound truck at Puranapoil area here on Joypurhat-Hili road, recovered 283 bottles of phensidyl syrup and held three people. Another report from Khulna adds: Some 110 sacks of fertiliser were recovered from a truck at Palpara area of Dumuria upazila of the district on Sunday noon while those were being smuggled out to India.
Acting on a tip-off, a team of law enforcers led by UNO M Shahjahan Ali raided the truck and seized the fertiliser.
They also arrested truck driver Sarwar Sheikh and helper Saidul from the spot, but the smugglers managed to escape the scene.