Chattogram Bureau :
Chattogram Custom House thwarted an attempt to steal revenue of Tk 100 crore by using fake band roll (stamp) in a pack of 1 crore 82 lakh cigarettes.
These bandrolls were brought from Chittagong port through false declaration printed from China. According to Custom House sources, the consignment arrived at the port in the name of Arafat Enterprise, an importer of the fourth floor of Quader Tower, 128 Jubilee Road under Kotwali Police Station, Chittagong. The LC was issued from Union Bank Limited Jubilee Road on November 8 against this invoice.
According to Custom House sources, the Port Control Unit (PCU) of Chittagong Custom House, under risk management, analyzes exporters, exporter’s website, country of manufacture, importer’s business type and address, product details, etc.
Based on secret information, the Customs House Audit, Investigation and Research (AIR) branch blocked the BL of the consignment in the Asaikuda World System of the National Board of Revenue, so that no one could take the redemption.
On Wednesday (December 22), the AIR team started the test inside the port as per the rules by unloading the container through force keep down. Packets of all products are cut and seen for the purpose of 100% physical examination.
At the time, 120 cartons (105 cartons lower and 15 cartons lower middle) of 4 palettes in the container contained light green and light brown counterfeit stamps suitable for use in Bangladeshi cigarettes. There were 260 bundles in each carton and 500 pieces in each bundle for a total of 1 crore 82 lakh pieces of bandroll stamp.
There are 1 crore 41 lakh 75 thousand pieces of lower level and 20 lakh 25 thousand pieces of middle level. Whose weight is 1,200 kg. The remaining 1,140 cartons contained A4 size paper with a total weight of 14,360 kg and a net weight of 12,540 kg..
An official of the AIR branch told media that according to the SRO of the National Board of Revenue, the stamp or bandroll has to be collected from the Security Printing Corporation of Bangladesh and by the concerned Customs, Excise and VAT Commissionerate After a month, the report has to be sent to the VAT implementation branch of NBR after verifying the supply and use of institutional based cigarette stamp and bandroll.
As a result, there is no opportunity to buy or import such products from any organization other than The Security Printing Corporation of Bangladesh. He said that the process of taking strict and exemplary punishment in accordance with the Customs Act 1989 and other prevailing laws and rules is underway by identifying the guilty persons on the instructions of the Commissioner of Chittagong Custom House.
