Customs seize 429 cartons cigarettes at HSIA


FE Team | Published: September 08, 2018 13:40:26 | Updated: September 08, 2018 18:09:53


Customs seize 429 cartons cigarettes at HSIA

Customs intelligence officials in a drive seized 420 cartons of foreign cigarettes at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport (HSIA) on Saturday.

Tipped off, a team of customs intelligence conducted a driver at baggage belt and green channel of the airport, official said.

Dr. Md Shahidul Islam, director general of Customs Intelligence and Investigation Directorate, said they found four abandoned luggage at no 3 baggage belt area and recovered the cigarettes from the luggage.

The luggage came in a flight (KU 283) from Kuwait which landed at the airport at 5:00 am.

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