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20 jailed for smuggling

2 June 2009, 18:00 PM

NATIONAL

A Correspondent, Cox's Bazar

A Cox's Bazar court on Sunday afternoon sentenced each of 20 people to seven years in jail on charges of bid to smuggle out fertiliser. The court also fined each Tk 5,000, in default, to suffer one more year in prison. According to the case, members of the Navy on April 15, 2005 seized 3,000 sacks of urea fertiliser from MB Alam fishing boat and 2,500 sacks urea from MB Nasima fishing boat which were being smuggled out to Myanmar through St Martins Coast in Teknaf. Court sources said, the owners of two fishing boats used for smuggling have also been fined Tk 5 lakh each and they were ordered to deposit Tk 10 lakh to the Deputy Commissioner within 30 days.