bdnews24.com :
The Customs Intelligence has seized a BMW car, which has been brought to Bangladesh using the ‘Carnet de Passage’ facility that allows tourists to enter one country from another with their vehicles without paying duties.
The blue 525-i, seized from the capital’s Gulshan, has a false registration number, officials say.
The owner, businessperson Rukhsana Ameer, did not cooperate with the officials, when they conducted the operation on Mar 30, Moinul Khan, chief of Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate (CIID), told bdnews24.com on Monday.
“She covered the car with a dark piece of cloth and refused to hand the
CIID officials seized the car at 10pm.
The seizure came after Bangladesh Road Transport Authority confirmed that the car’s documents were forged, the CIID chief said.
He said formal charges would be pressed under Customs and Money Laundering Acts after the investigation.
A cartel is engaged in selling those vehicles with forged documents and false number plates and craft ways for people to dodge tariffs.
The Customs Intelligence has seized a BMW car, which has been brought to Bangladesh using the ‘Carnet de Passage’ facility that allows tourists to enter one country from another with their vehicles without paying duties.
The blue 525-i, seized from the capital’s Gulshan, has a false registration number, officials say.
The owner, businessperson Rukhsana Ameer, did not cooperate with the officials, when they conducted the operation on Mar 30, Moinul Khan, chief of Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate (CIID), told bdnews24.com on Monday.
“She covered the car with a dark piece of cloth and refused to hand the
CIID officials seized the car at 10pm.
The seizure came after Bangladesh Road Transport Authority confirmed that the car’s documents were forged, the CIID chief said.
He said formal charges would be pressed under Customs and Money Laundering Acts after the investigation.
A cartel is engaged in selling those vehicles with forged documents and false number plates and craft ways for people to dodge tariffs.
