Bangladesh Naval Police seized 340 sacks of smuggled urea fertilizer from a fishing trawler named 'FB Abdur Rahman-1' at the Kumira Naval Ghat in Sitakunda upazila of Chattogram district on Sunday night.
A team of Bangladesh Naval Police, acting on a tip off, conducted a raid in the area and challenged the trawler named "FB Abdur Rahman-1". They seized the urea fertilizer from the Pahartali Rani Rashmoni Ghat while smugglers trying to smuggle those to Myanmar through sea, said Wali Uddin Akbar, in-charge of the Kumira Naval Police Outpost. Sensing the presence of the law enforcers, the smugglers escaped the scene leaving the trawler, he said, adding that these seizures were part of ongoing efforts to prevent smuggling in the coastal and riverine areas.
Efforts are underway to arrest the owner of the fishing trawler and the smugglers also, he further said.
The seized fertilizer has been kept at the Kumira Police Outpost and a case was filed under the Special Powers Act with Pahartali Police Station accusing the owner and driver of the trawler, the naval police official added.
