Tk 28 lakh rubber seized

Border Guard of Bangladesh (BGB) Ramgarh unit seized raw rubber worth Tk 28 lakh from Hasnabad and Singaria areas under Fatikchhari upazila in Chittagong on Tuesday evening. Police said, acting on a tip off, a Ramgarh BGB team led by Lt. Colonel Abdul Gaffar raided Hasnabad and Singaria in the evening and seized 318 sacks of raw rubber stolen from BFIDC rubber forest. “An organised gang is involved in stealing rubber from the government-run BFIDC rubber gardens in Ramgarh of Khagrachhari district and Fatikchhari of Chittagong district,” said Lt Colonel Gaffar.