\\\'Liquified cocaine\\\' seized by Ctg port customs
Sunday, 7 June 2015
Officials of Customs Intelligence and Investigation Department seized a container suspecting to be liquified cocaine, worth more than Tk1 billion, at the Chittagong Port early Sunday.
Custom sources told BSS that the importer, Khan Jahan Ali Enterprise Limited, brought in the container declaring as 107 drums loaded with 2,140 litre Sun Flower oil.
Based on secret information, Detective Branch (DB) requested the officials of Customs Intelligence to seize the container on suspicion to be cocaine.
The law enforcers detained one Nur Mohammad, owner of Khan Jahan Ali Enterprise Limited, and his Manager Sohel, who actually issued the import order using the company’s name.
The container was sealed off at CCT Yard number 3 at Chittagong port on Saturday night and it would be opened on Monday in presence of the officials of concerned departments for physical inspection, Custom sources said.
As per directives of the high-ups, a team led-by DB Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC) SM Tanvir Arafat will be looking into the case.