VGF rice, peanut seized
Coast Guard members seized 400 bags of VGF rice and 400 sacks of peanuts from Jangalia area on the Meghna river in Hatiya upazila of Noakhali yesterday noon and arrested 8 people in this connection. Witnesses said, acting on a tip-off, the Coast Guard challenged trawler MV Taluk carrying 400 bags of VGF rice and 400 sacks of peanuts to Barisal from Ramcharan Ghat. The crew of the trawlers tried to divert the course of the river vessel and flee. But the Coast Guard members chased it and managed to catch Dulal Majhi, Abdul Wahed, Abdur Razzak, Akter, Nuruddin, Nabi Miah, Ibrahim and Abul Kalam from the trawler.
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