Kaladan News
Dated: Wednesday, January 12, 2004
Two Burmese Smugglers Nabbed in
Cox’ Bazar, January 12:
Police arrested smugglers are Zabir, 35 and Sallim, 32, both of them hailed from Shwe Zarr village under the Maungdaw
Township of Arakan State. They were carrying
medicines by a car from Teknaf (
When they reached at Cox’s Bazar with their goods, police on suspicion wanted to
search the vehicle. At once, they (smugglers) started running and police chased
them, finally two were arrested and 3 others however managed to escape. Police
recovered many cartons of medicines from their car worth of Taka 200,000. The
two arrestees were detained in Cox’s Bazar jail, said
a police of Cox’s Bazar.
The smugglers carried the
medicines from
They carried Preactin
tablets made from
It is very easy to carry many
quantities because these tablets were prepared into small package with 1000
tablets. One package (1,000 tabs) is
cost in
Besides, hormone rich medicines,
made of
On the other hand, Birth control medicines--- both of tablets
and injection such as Depo, Combination 3 and 5, Suky tablets---, cough
injection; such as Canakort (made of Pakistan and
Germany), medicines for treatment of
lunatic persons, medicines which
stimulate sexual desire or sex power such as uros, 9
days, one dose, which are produced in gas, capsule, cream and all sorts of
medicines are being smuggled into Burma from Bangladesh, said a medicine
shopkeeper of Teknaf.
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