Narinjara news
A taskforce to stop smuggling in the
unguarded seas
Teknaf, 15th
September 03: The smuggling in of fish, spices, textile goods and drugs
worth millions of taka from
In these circumstances the concerned officials have appealed to the Ministry of
Home Affairs for the formation of a high-powered taskforce comprised of police,
customs and coastguard.
According to sources in the customs the import through the Land Customs station
at Teknaf include dried fish, mango, pickles, sandals, tamarind, betel nuts,
ginger, etc., while previously the items of import included spices including
cumin seeds, clove, cardamom, etc. But for the last one month there has
been no import of the spices. At present items like spices, fish, drugs,
weapons and fishing nets are being smuggled in directly from Sittwe to
According to the sources a total of taka 20.5 million was realized last June as
revenue from the border trade, which is taka five million less than the revenue
of the month of May. Now only fish is imported from
But the increase in smuggling in the high seas has posed threat both to the
traders and the relevant officials, the sources said. In this regards the
deputy commissioner of the Customs Excise and
According to a number of sources in the border a number of strong smuggling
syndicates operating on both sides of the border control the trans-border
smuggling. #