5,000 sacks of Indian cement seized in N'ganj

Police also arrested four crew Abdur Razzak, 45, Ahad, 50, Sagor, 35, and Riyadh, 25, of the ship MV Shamim Rabbi as they could not show any valid documents regarding the goods.

The DB men, quoting the arrestees, said the ship, loaded with 12 thousand sacks of cement from Kolkata port seven months ago, was booked for Asam. But it anchored at Narayanganj port after crossing Khulna, Ashugnaj and Demra for reasons not known to the crews.

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They said the crew sold seven thousand sacks of cement on the way.

Police is looking for one Ashraf Ali, owner of the ship and Gazi Imdad who owned the goods.

A BIWTA official, on condition of anonymity, alleged that the police arrested the crew failing to get bribe from them.