Cigarettes worth Tk4.5 lakh seized at Chattogram airport

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17 December, 2019, 10:05 am

Last modified: 17 December, 2019, 10:08 am

Cigarettes worth Tk4.5 lakh seized at Chattogram airport

TBS Report

17 December, 2019, 10:05 am

Last modified: 17 December, 2019, 10:08 am

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Two hundred and forty-seven cartons of Esse cigarettes worth Tk4.5 lakh were seized from a passenger of an Air Arabia flight at Shah Amanat International Airport in Chattogram on Monday.

Intelligence officials seized the cigarettes from Mohammad Iqbal Hossain, a resident of Chattogram's Fatikchhari upazila, said Customs Deputy Commissioner Riyadul Islam.

"Measures are being taken as per the customs law in connection with the incident," he added.

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