14 containers released with fake documents seized in Ctg
Customs officials recovered 14 loaded containers from a private depot in Chittagong city yesterday, eight days after those were released from the Chittagong Port with the help of fake documents.
On a tip-off, a team of Audit, Investigation and Research (AIR) section of Chittagong Customs House with the help of police raided a private depot “Moinamoti Marine” at Halishahar and detained one Mosharraf Hossain Masum in this connection.
Assistant Commissioner (AC) Mukitul Hasan of AIR said the 14 containers were put up for auction in 2013 as the importer did not take delivery of those on time.
One Saifuddin Haider Chowdhury bid the highest but he neither paid Tk 70 lakh as the value and duty nor took the delivery. But on September 22, the 14 containers were released from the port.
During yesterday's raid one Md Delwar went to the team to claim that he had bought the goods-laden containers from Saifuddin two months ago and also showed their agreement paper, said the AC.
Hasan said they are investigating the matter. The containers contained glycerin, said a customs official.
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