A mobile court of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB-3) here has seized 1.28 lakh kg of banned polythene in a sting operation in the Sowari Ghat area of the capital’s Chawkbazar in the morning.
Elite Force (RAB-3) Executive Magistrate Palash Kumar Basu told BSS that 10 individuals from five companies were sentenced with one year imprisonment each, for producing and selling polythene. He said the mobile court of RAB-3 and Environment Department started the operation at around 9:30 am on Sunday .
from the slope of 30 Devidas Ghat Lane Police Box at Sowari Ghat in Chawkbazar.
During the operation, 25 trucks of illegal polythene and raw materials for making polythene worth 2 crore Tk was seized, the official added.
The Executive Magistrate also said that 10 people have been arrested so far during the raid for making and stocking in these illegal polythene factories in five establishments.
The amount of seized polythene is higher than any recent campaign in the last 10-15 years, he said.
Details of the seized goods and detention or fines will be announced at the end of the operation as the campaign is still going on, said the official.
