Customs authorities in Chittagong, Bangladesh, have detained 150 containers at the port yards, suspecting that they may contain alcohol or other kinds of suspicious items.
The development came after five containers of alcohol were detected at the port.
Chittagong
The customs department will open all the detained containers, which were imported from China, to physically check whether they contain illegal or undeclared goods.
Officials say after two containers of alcohol were released through illegal means, the customs officials detained three more containers full of alcohol in three days. Later, the bill of lading of 150 more containers was blocked as they were submitted to customs for processing.
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