Tk 24 lakh mobile sets missing from customs storage
Staff Correspondent, Sylhet
Seized mobile phone sets worth about Tk 24 lakh went 'missing' from the guarded customs godown in the city's Shahjalal Upashahar area. Authorities describe it as a mere theft, but it is alleged that some customs officials handed the phone sets to a gang on the night of November 14. Some 500 pieces of mobile phone sets and 200 pieces of battery brought in violation of customs rules were seized at the Osmani International Airport on September 29. These were kept under sealed locks at the customs godown in Shahjalal Upashahar area that day. On 23 November customs officials found the locks open and detected the missing of 281 Nokia mobile phone sets along with 200 batteries. The officials formed a three-member body to probe the 'stealing' incident at the godown on the third floor of the Customs Circle Office building.
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