2 held with Indian cigarettes worth Tk 1.75 cr

The law enforcers in a drive arrested two alleged smugglers along with a large cache of Indian cigarettes in Rangamati on Saturday night.

The arrested are identified as the truck driver Roman and his associate Manjurul Alam.

According to sources, being tipped-off, the team of law enforcers searched a truck full of grapefruit (Chattogram Metto-D-11-24-33) while passing through Manikchari check post in Rangamati on Saturday midnight and recovered 35 containers of Indian stolen cigarettes. 

The smuggling syndicate was transporting these stolen cigarettes by covering them with grapefruit on top of the truck.

The truck driver Roman alleged that a person named Milan Chakma was hired the truck for Tk 10,000 from Kutukchari area and kept these cigarettes inside and hid these containers by grapefruits. 

The seized cigarettes worth around Tk 1.75 crore, said the sources.

The officer-in-charge of Kotwali Model Police Station in Rangamati confirmed the detention and recovery, adding that the District's Additional Superintendent of Police Maruf Ahmed along with other security officers visited the spot. 

Legal actions will be taken in this regard, added the OC.