Tk 2cr medicine haul at ZIA
Staff Correspondent
Contraband medicines worth about Tk 2 crore were seized from a Bangladesh Biman aircraft at Zia International Airport yesterday.The medicines -- life saving and some stimulating the libido -- were found in five suitcases in a container kept in the aircraft that returned to Dhaka from Karachi, officials said. Acting on a tip off, Customs and Excise Intelligence personnel searched and seized the suitcases. Transit Desk sources said those were booked in the names of Kazi Nizam and Salehuddin for Karachi-Dhaka-Kathmandu flight. But none claimed ownership. The medicines include Inj-Disteral 0.5mg,Tieuaus-500, Human Albumen, Detropan, Premolut-N and Methergin-Tab. A departmental case was filed.
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