Farmers seize truckload of fertiliser

Villagers in Mamunshia in Kushna union under Kotchandpur upazila in Jhenidah seized a truck loaded with Urea fertiliser and handed over it along with the driver and the helper to Kotchandpur police while it was being sold in black market Saturday night. The illegal traders, however, managed to escape.
Hearing hue and cry in Mamunshia Chaturia field at 1:00am, the villagers went to the spot and found that the illegal fertiliser traders were selling per bag fertiliser for Tk 550 to Tk 600 while the usual rate is Tk 350. They seized the truck and handed over the driver and the helper to Kotchandpur police.