Import Under False Declaration
Contraband liquor worth Tk 10cr seized in Ctg
Customs officials yesterday found huge quantity of contraband liquor after opening the second container under the same import consignment that was seized in Chittagong port on Tuesday.
From the two containers, the officials recovered 2,983 cartons of foreign liquor of different brands with each carton containing 12 to 24 bottles of liquor.
The officials also found 98 cartons of Benson & Hedges cigarette, 40 cartons of Easy brand cigarette and five 70” LCD televisions of Sharp brand in the two containers imported under the declaration of capital machinery.
Deputy Commissioner of Chittagong Customs House claimed the price of only the seized liquor could be worth Tk 10 crore.
He said liquor could not be imported without license.
Customs authority is preparing to start taking legal steps against the importer through sending show cause notice to it, he said.
Customs officials seized the two containers, each 40-foot equivalent unit, on Tuesday and found the illegal items imported under false declaration.
The customs officials identified the consignment for doing physical examination two weeks ago as they became suspicious finding an unknown name as importer of the consignment in the import document, said Omar Faruk, superintendent of Audit Investigation and Revenue (AIR) branch of Chittagong Customs.
One PIM MFG & Co with an address as Polashpur, Rajabari, Keraniganj, Dhaka was the importer of the consignment, according to Chittagong Customs House sources.
The consignment was imported over a month back while the importer declared to import 8 units of capital machineries, the sources said.
The officials opened the first container on Tuesday to find foreign liquor, cigarette and four televisions in it while they opened the other container yesterday.
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