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Foreign liquor seized

9 August 2009, 17:00 PM

NATIONAL

Staff Correspondent, Chittagong

Members of Bangladesh Coast Guard seized 2,500 bottles of smuggled foreign liquor worth around Tk 25 lakh from two mechanised boats at Gohira near Parki beach under Anwara upazila yesterday morning. The coast guards fired 10 shots to stop the boats. However, sensing presence of the Coast Guard the smugglers managed to flee leaving the boats on the spot.