Print Date: September 18, 2026 ||
Publish Date: September 10, 2026
Seven passengers held with 38.5 litres of foreign liquor at Dhaka airport
Md. Palash Tushar Pathan, Reporter ||
Customs intelligence
officials have seized 38.5 litres of foreign liquor from the baggage of seven
passengers arriving at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport from Mumbai.The seized liquor, valued at
around Tk 7.7 lakh, was recovered on September 8, according to a press release
issued by the National Board of Revenue (NBR) on Thursday. The passengers arrived in
Dhaka on Air India flight AI-2183 from Mumbai at around 9:45pm that day.Acting on a tip-off, customs
intelligence officials kept the passengers under surveillance after they
completed immigration formalities and collected their baggage. They were
stopped and searched while attempting to leave through the green channel.During the searches, 10
litres of liquor were recovered from the baggage of Azmul Haque, seven litres
from Mozammel Haque Bhuiyan, six litres from Md Imran and another six litres
from Babul Mia. Officials also recovered 3.5
litres each from the baggage of Md Nafiz Sabat and Al Amin Sheikh, and three
litres from Saddam Hossain.
The NBR said it would investigate whether the
seizure was an isolated case of passengers carrying liquor individually or
whether the incident was part of a coordinated plan.
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