Chittagong, July 14, 2015: A Chittagong court on Tuesday directed police to incorporate the section of smuggling under Special Power Act into Narcotics Control Act in the case filed for bringing liquid cocaine with imported sunflower oil through Chittagong Port.
The court of Chittagong Metropolitan Magistrate Farid Alam gave the directive while reviewing a July 9 petition by the Metropolitan Public Prosecutor (PP) Mohammad Fakhruddin for inclusion of section 25 (B) of smuggling under the Special Power Act with section 19.1(B) of Narcotics Control Act.
Confirming the inclusion of the smuggling case PP Fakhruddin told BSS that from now on the case would be investigated under both the sections.
The Customs Intelligence sealed 107 drums sunflower oil at the NCT yard of the Chittagong port based on an intelligence report on June 7.
Existence of liquid cocaine has been found in barrels of edible oil after their contents were retested in the Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (BCSIR) and Bangladesh Drug Testing Laboratory (BDTL).
Earlier, police so far arrested five persons including A K Azad, Manager of Cosco Bangladesh Shipping Lines Limited and Golam Mostafa Sohel, manager of Khanjahan Ali Enterprise of Khatungonj for their alleged involvement in brining the cocaine with imported sunflower oil through Chittagong port.
Later, police filed a case under Narcotics Control Act while the authority formed a 10-member investigation team led by Kusum Dewan, Deputy Commissioner of Detective Branch (DB), Chittagong Metropolitan Police, for quizzing the arrested persons. (Source: BSS)
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