Chittagong Bureau :
Police headquarters on Thursday entrusted the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) with charges of uncovering the recent Indian currency haul nearly two weeks after customs intelligence seized a huge amount of the foreign currency at the Chittagong Port, police said.
Chittagong Metropolitan Police have been asked to handover the case to CID,” a police spokesman in the port city told the media person.
He added that Cyber Crime Squad of the CID’s specialised Organised Crime Section took over the investigation charges appointing its inspector Liton Dewan as the investigation officer of the case.On September 20, Customs Intelligence seized nearly 2.72 crore Indian rupees from a container at the port while it took eight hours to count the amount.
A Monrovian flag carrier “MV Prosper” carried the currency from United Arab Emirates’ Fujairah Port while the notes were found in several boxes of the container.
An expatriate Bangladeshi living in Dubai and identified as Mohammad Shahiduzzaman was found to have sent the container, declaring the materials inside as “home appliances”.
Police so far arrested five people including the younger brother of the consignee and clearing and forwarding agent of the consignment for their suspected involvement in the haul.
Police headquarters on Thursday entrusted the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) with charges of uncovering the recent Indian currency haul nearly two weeks after customs intelligence seized a huge amount of the foreign currency at the Chittagong Port, police said.
Chittagong Metropolitan Police have been asked to handover the case to CID,” a police spokesman in the port city told the media person.
He added that Cyber Crime Squad of the CID’s specialised Organised Crime Section took over the investigation charges appointing its inspector Liton Dewan as the investigation officer of the case.On September 20, Customs Intelligence seized nearly 2.72 crore Indian rupees from a container at the port while it took eight hours to count the amount.
A Monrovian flag carrier “MV Prosper” carried the currency from United Arab Emirates’ Fujairah Port while the notes were found in several boxes of the container.
An expatriate Bangladeshi living in Dubai and identified as Mohammad Shahiduzzaman was found to have sent the container, declaring the materials inside as “home appliances”.
Police so far arrested five people including the younger brother of the consignee and clearing and forwarding agent of the consignment for their suspected involvement in the haul.
