275 sacks of smuggled sugar seized in Sylhet, truck driver arrested
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Police have seized 275 sacks of sugar believed to have been smuggled into Bangladesh from India through the Sylhet border.
The law enforcers also arrested a truck driver in the incident. The driver, Md Rubel Mia, is from Habiganj, reports bdnews24.com.
Mohammad Saiful Islam, a spokesman for Sylhet Metropolitan Police, said on Thursday that police set up a check post on the Sylhet-Tamabil Highway on Wednesday to search vehicles.
But driver Rubel tried to flee with the truck when police signalled him to stop.
Police then chased and detained him. The sugar was found hidden below stones on the truck.
Police started a case under the Special Powers Act on Wednesday night over the incident.
The sacks contain a total of 13,475 kilograms of sugar worth over Tk 1.6 million in line with the current market price, Saiful said.
In a similar incident on Jun 14, police seized 200 sacks of sugar being transported on stone-laden trucks on the same route. Two suspects were arrested at that time.