13 MT urea seized in Tangail
Police seized a truck loaded with 13 tonnes of urea fertiliser (218 sacks) from Jamuna Bridge east side toll plaza in the early hours of yesterday.
Acting on a tip off, a team from Jamuna Bridge East Police Station led by sub-inspector (SI) Pankaj Kumar Dey seized the urea-laden truck and arrested its driver Shawkat Hossain.
Mohmmad Mozahar Ali, officer-in-charge (OC) of the police station, said that as per documents, the fertiliser was supposed to go Netrakona but it was proceeding towards Jhinaidaha.
A case was filed with the police station.
Some sources however claimed that the consignment of fertiliser was being taken to border area to smuggle the urea out the country. Police said they were interrogating the arrested driver.
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