Coast Guard Seizes 492 Sacks of Urea Fertiliser Being Smuggled to Myanmar on the Tetulia River in Bhola, Eight Held

The Coast Guard has seized 492 sacks of urea fertiliser from the Tetulia river adjoining Charfashion upazila in Bhola while they were being smuggled to Myanmar. Eight people were held along with a boat at the time.

Coast Guard media officer Lieutenant Commander Sabbir Alam Sujan confirmed the matter on Thursday night (5 November).

Earlier, the operation was carried out late on Wednesday night (4 November) in an area under Dakshin Aicha police station in the upazila.

The detained men are Azgar Hossain and Md Selim of Noakhali district, Kabir Hossain of Lakshmipur district, Abdul Momin of Bhola Sadar upazila, Md Shamim and Md Yusuf of Charfashion upazila, Md Siraj of the Dularhat police station area of Charfashion, and Md Raihan of Daulatkhan.

The Coast Guard media officer said a special operation was conducted on the Tetulia river on the basis of secret information.

During the operation, a suspicious boat was searched and 492 sacks of urea fertiliser worth about 66 lakh 16 thousand taka, being carried for illegal smuggling to Myanmar, were seized and eight smugglers were held along with the boat used in the smuggling, he said.

He also said the process of taking further legal action over the seized fertiliser, the boat used in the smuggling and the detained smugglers is under way.

The Coast Guard officer also said the Coast Guard will continue such operations in future to prevent smuggling.