Tk 2.7cr fake Indian rupee seized in Ctg

The Directorate of Customs Intelligence and Investigation Department (CIID) yesterday recovered a huge consignment of Indian currency worth 2,71,72,500 stuffed inside four petty cartons from a container that was seized on Sunday evening on suspicion of containing illicit currency. The intelligence department suspects that the counterfeit currency was produced in Pakistan and was sent to the UAE. From  there it was routed to Bangladesh before slipping it into India. In the presence of CIID sleuths, the Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) officials were inspecting the contents of the container that contained 165 cartons when they discovered the four cartons that were stuffed with counterfeit Indian currency. Eight CIID officials started counting the seized currency in the morning. All the fake notes are of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 denominations. On September 16, the container sailed into the Chittagong port onboard a ship called Prospa bearing the flag of Monrovia from the United Arab Emirates. The cartons were marked carrying home appliances. The suspected container was unloaded along with three others at the port. After recovering the fake currency from one of the four containers, the CIID has impounded the other three as well for further inspection. According to the shipping documents, Md Shahiduzzaman, who hails from Chittagong’s Hathajari upazila and lives in Dubai, sent the container, said the CIID.
Six persons, including the owner of Flash Trade Int’l, Md Shahmimur Rahman, have been arrested. “Shahmimur Rahman was earlier accused in the trade of counterfeit currency and his firm is on the black list.  He was under watch,” said Moinul Khan, DG of CIID. Khan informed reporters at a press briefing that international smuggling groups are trying to use Bangladesh as safe transit. “However, we have spoiled their plan due to the vigilance of the Customs and CIID officials,” he said.

 

Tk 2.7cr fake Indian rupee seized in Ctg

The Directorate of Customs Intelligence and Investigation Department (CIID) yesterday recovered a huge consignment of Indian currency worth 2,71,72,500 stuffed inside four petty cartons from a container that was seized on Sunday evening on suspicion of containing illicit currency. The intelligence department suspects that the counterfeit currency was produced in Pakistan and was sent to the UAE. From there it was routed to Bangladesh before slipping it into India. In the presence of CIID sleuths, the Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) officials were inspecting the contents of the container that contained 165 cartons when they discovered the four cartons that were stuffed with counterfeit Indian currency. Eight CIID officials started counting the seized currency in the morning. All the fake notes are of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 denominations. On September 16, the container sailed into the Chittagong port onboard a ship called Prospa bearing the flag of Monrovia from the United Arab Emirates. The cartons were marked carrying home appliances. The suspected container was unloaded along with three others at the port. After recovering the fake currency from one of the four containers, the CIID has impounded the other three as well for further inspection. According to the shipping documents, Md Shahiduzzaman, who hails from Chittagongs Hathajari upazila and lives in Dubai, sent the container, said the CIID. Six persons, including the owner of Flash Trade Intl, Md Shahmimur Rahman, have been arrested. Shahmimur Rahman was earlier accused in the trade of counterfeit currency and his firm is on the black list. He was under watch, said Moinul Khan, DG of CIID. Khan informed reporters at a press briefing that international smuggling groups are trying to use Bangladesh as safe transit. However, we have spoiled their plan due to the vigilance of the Customs and CIID officials, he said.