Huge cigarette seized in Dhaka airport

Jago News Desk Published: 19 June 2016, 06:53 AM | Updated: 5 July 2019, 04:52 PM
Huge cigarette seized in Dhaka airport

Officials of customs intelligence seized a total of 3 thousand and 7 hundred cigarette packets at Hajrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka early Sunday.

The seized cigarette is the brand of Benson and Hedges and Esse.

Assistant Commissioner Shahiduzzaman Sarker said two passengers named Ismail Azad and Md. Parvez arrived at the airport from Doha and Sharjah separately.

Acting on a tip-off, customs intelligence raided their luggage and seized the cigarette. Legal action is underway against them, he added.