UNB, Dhaka :
Members of Armed Police Battalion (APBn) seized 237 cartons of illegally imported foreign brand cigarettes worth about Tk 2.84 lakh at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) in the city early Saturday.
Tanjina Akhter, Assistant Superintendent of Police of ABPn, said the passenger, identified as Mir Mohammad Robiul Hosen,35, a resident of Hathajari upazila in Chittagong district, landed at the airport from Arabia Airlines flight G9-513 from Sharjah around 5:30am.
On suspicion, APBn members challenged him and recovered Essy (Light) cigarettes in 221 cartons and Essy (Special Gold) cigarettes in 16 cartons searching his luggage after scanning.
Members of Armed Police Battalion (APBn) seized 237 cartons of illegally imported foreign brand cigarettes worth about Tk 2.84 lakh at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) in the city early Saturday.
Tanjina Akhter, Assistant Superintendent of Police of ABPn, said the passenger, identified as Mir Mohammad Robiul Hosen,35, a resident of Hathajari upazila in Chittagong district, landed at the airport from Arabia Airlines flight G9-513 from Sharjah around 5:30am.
On suspicion, APBn members challenged him and recovered Essy (Light) cigarettes in 221 cartons and Essy (Special Gold) cigarettes in 16 cartons searching his luggage after scanning.
