TDS Desk:

Members of the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) have detained two Indian nationals for evading customs duties and bringing in goods.

They were detained from the Akhaura land port area in Brahmanbaria and handed over to the police on Tuesday, said Akhaura Police Station Officer-in-Charge Mohammad Somiuddin on Wednesday.

BGB seized goods worth around Tk 8.5 lakh from the two Indian nationals, including three-piece suits, cream, and alcohol, ehe said.

The arrestee Indian nationals are Rahul Mia (28) and Selina Begum (45), both from the Ramnagar area of Tripura, India.

Their passports were also confiscated, and they were sent to jail through court proceedings on Wednesday, the OC said.

BGB’s Habildar Mohammad Zakir Hossain filed a case against the detainees in which it was stated that the two Indian nationals were searched while travelling by auto-rickshaw after passing through the land port area on Tuesday afternoon.

During the search, 52 three-piece suits, 1700 pieces of cream, and five bottles of alcohol were found. However, they were unable to produce any documents to justify the goods. They admitted to bringing the goods by evading customs duties, according to the BGB.