1,077 illegally imported cellphones seized in capital
A mobile court backed by Rapid Action Battalion yesterday seized 1,077 illegally imported cellphones from 22 shops and fined them Tk 9.65 lakh in total at the capital's two shopping centres.
A total of 797 mobiles were seized from 13 shops in Motalib Plaza and 280 from nine shops in Eastern Plaza, Rab sources said.
Sarwoer Alam, executive magistrate of Rab Headquarters, told The Daily Star that the cellphones were imported without the prior permission from Bangladesh Telecommunication and Regulatory Commission.
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