Garments worth Tk 30 lakh seized at CEPZ
Customs officials seized a truck loaded with fabrics and ready-made garments worth over Tk 30 lakh while being taken out of the Chittagong Export Processing Zone (CEPZ) here on Tuesday night.
The fabrics were imported under back to back L/C for garments factories in the CEPZ.
Acting on a tip off, a team of Audit Investigation and Research (AIR) branch of Chittagong Customs House, seized the truck with the fabrics at Saltgola, about one kilometer away from CEPZ gate, at 9.00pm.
Both the driver and helper of the truck, managed to flee.
The seized items include 15,000 yards of fabrics (coated nylon typed) in 134 roles and 60,000 pieces of panties.
Customs officials said that the fabrics might have belonged to either Japanese firm Dream Bengal Apparels, or Bangladeshi firm Intech Apparels as both the firms use such fabrics.
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