Liquor consignment seized at Ctg port

Customs officials yesterday found a huge quantity of foreign liquor worth around Tk 2.80 crore after opening an imported container at Chittagong port.
The officials recovered 8,000 litres of foreign liquor of different brands from the 40-foot-equivalent-unit container imported in the name of air compressor.
Earlier on January 14, customs officials seized the consignment for physical examination after watching the scan image of the container and withheld its delivery from the port.
According to the documents, a firm named Classic Stone of Uttara in Dhaka imported the container from Malaysia.
Joint Commissioner Mahmudul Hasan of Chittagong Customs House claimed the price of the seized liquor would worth around Tk 2.8 crore.
He said liquor could not be imported without taking permission from the Narcotics department.
The seized items would be confiscated while the customs authority is preparing to take legal steps against the importing firm, he said.