Md. Aman Ullah:
The Coast Guard has arrested 10 smugglers along with 600 bags of urea fertilizer from a trawler while illegally smuggling it by sea to Myanmar.
This information was given at 2:30 pm on Friday by Lieutenant Commander HMM Harun-or-Rashid, the media officer of the Coast Guard Eastern Zone. The 10 smugglers arrested are residents of different areas of Cox’s Bazar, Chittagong and Noakhali districts. Lieutenant Commander Harun-or-Rashid said that it is illegal for any trawler to be present in the sea as the fishing ban is in effect for 58 days. But on Thursday midnight, members of the Coast Guard ship Tajuddin saw a suspicious wooden fishing trawler in the deep sea off the coast of St. Martin in Teknaf. The Coast Guard members ordered the trawler to stop. But the people in the trawler tried to escape by driving at high speed. Later, the Coast Guard members were able to seize the trawler by chasing it.
This information was given at 2:30 pm on Friday by Lieutenant Commander HMM Harun-or-Rashid, the media officer of the Coast Guard Eastern Zone. The 10 smugglers arrested are residents of different areas of Cox’s Bazar, Chittagong and Noakhali districts. Lieutenant Commander Harun-or-Rashid said that it is illegal for any trawler to be present in the sea as the fishing ban is in effect for 58 days. But on Thursday midnight, members of the Coast Guard ship Tajuddin saw a suspicious wooden fishing trawler in the deep sea off the coast of St. Martin in Teknaf. The Coast Guard members ordered the trawler to stop. But the people in the trawler tried to escape by driving at high speed. Later, the Coast Guard members were able to seize the trawler by chasing it.
During the search, the trawler was found to be carrying 600 bags of urea fertilizer, which was being smuggled to Myanmar’s Rakhine state by evading customs duties. Later, 10 smugglers on the trawler were arrested. The Coast Guard’s media officer said that later on Saturday morning, the trawler was brought to the Coast Guard’s jetty adjacent to the Teknaf land port. The fertilizers recovered from the trawler have been deposited at the Teknaf Customs Office. A case has been filed against the detainees at Teknaf Police Station under the relevant law, said Lt. Commander HMM Harun-or-Rashid.
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