Ctg customs seizes illegally imported cigarette, chocolate
Chattogram Custom House yesterday seized two containers of cigarettes and chocolates, which were imported under false declaration.
The containers were supposed to have mushrooms and sweetcorn, Nur-A-Hasna Sanjida Anushua, assistant commissioner of customs, told The Daily Star.
The tax rate hovers between 43 per cent to 50 per cent for sweetcorn and mushrooms, which can go as high as 120 per cent to 550 per cent in case of chocolate and cigarette, customs officials said.
The value of seized goods will be determined in a day or two after the completion of inventory, she said.
Chattogram based trader Bangla Vina Enterprise declared in its import documents that it was bringing 17 tonnes of Mushrooms from Malaysia. The container arrived at Chattogram port in the beginning of the year.
Another container of Dhaka-based Samit Trading International reached the Chattogram port with 10.5 tonnes of sweetcorn from Singapore last Saturday.
The containers were opened yesterday.
According to rules, if the quality of the cigarettes is found to be perfect, the consignment will be sold to Bangladesh Tourism Corporation. Otherwise it will be destroyed and other goods will be sold in auction.
