Smuggled clothes seized

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) and BDR in a joint raid recovered smuggled Indian sarees and three-pieces worth about Tk seven crore yesterday from Naharitala under Batiaghata upazila. Major AKM Kamruzzaman of Rab-6 said that 177 bales of Indian sarees and three pieces were found laden in a truck. They were brought into the country from India through unauthorised routes of the Sundarbans with the help of engine trawlers. The recovered sarees and three pieces were seized in presence of executive magistrate Alimul Rajiv.