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42 tonnes of poppy seeds seized at Chattogram port
UNB
1st June, 2021 02:56:18
Customs authorities on Tuesday claimed to have seized 42 tonnes of poppy seeds worth Tk 15 crore at Chattogram port.
Officials said that the poppy seeds were imported from Malaysia by a trader based in Old Dhaka Ajmin Trade Center in the garb of mustard seeds. The seizure was made on a tip-off.
On April 18, Ajmin Trade Center s clearing agent Hotline Cargo International submitted a bill of entry to the Chattogram Customs department to unload the consignment of two containers and paid Tk 1,42,497 as duty for mustard seed imports.
42 tonnes of poppy seeds seized at Chattogram port United News of Bangladesh (UNB)
Bangladesh, June 1 Customs authorities on Tuesday claimed to have seized 42 tonnes of poppy seeds worth Tk 15 crore at Chattogram port.
Officials said that the poppy seeds were imported from Malaysia by a trader based in Old Dhaka Ajmin Trade Center in the garb of mustard seeds. The seizure was made on a tip-off.
On April 18, Ajmin Trade Center s clearing agent Hotline Cargo International submitted a bill of entry to the Chattogram Customs department to unload the consignment of two containers and paid Tk 1,42,497 as duty for mustard seed imports.
The reports published very recently in the Daily Sun and Kaler Kantho about the quality of imported bitumen might, by this time, have attracted the notice of the authorities concerned. Those reports have also revealed that a huge amount of money is being
Money laundering in the name of bitumen import!
Business Desk | banglanews24.com
A huge volume of money is being laundered through over-invoicing in the name of bitumen import.
Analyzing the volume of bitumen import, quality and international market price, it was found that around Tk 14,000 crore has been laundered through over-invoicing in the name of bitumen import.
According to the National Board of Revenue (NBR), 42 companies imported some 19,661 tonnes of bitumen in the first nine months of the current fiscal.
The value of this imported bitumen was documented at Tk 1,110 crore brought under 346 consignments.
In an investigation, it was found that the imported bitumen has been unloaded from customs by declaring the product as 60/70 grade bitumen. Questions were raised over the quality of the imported bitumen by the experts as there is no reflection of the quality of bitumen in the roads.