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Bullet smuggling rising on Bangladesh-Burma border
Dhaka, June 12, 2001
Mizzima News Group (www.mizzima.com)
The smuggling of bullets across the Bangladesh-Burma border
has been rampant in recent months and the Na Sa Ka personnel based in
Maung Daw township in Arakan State of Burma are allegedly involved in
the smuggling racket, sources in the border areas say.
The sources added that some Na Sa Ka Burmese border security personnel
are allegedly selling out the bullets to the petty smugglers in the
border. A M-16/ AK-47/G-3 bullet can be bought with kyat 200 from Na Sa
Ka forces and the same can be sold in Bangladesh side with taka 100-150
(about kyat 1200-1800). As the bullet smuggling is paying wealth, many
local people are now involved in this smuggling business.
On May 26, two Rakhine nationals residing in Bangladesh were arrested
along with 400 rounds of bullets at an army gate of Bangladesh Defence
Rifles in Cox's Bazar. The local police said that the two had been doing
this bullet smuggling for several months and they reportedly admitted
that they sold the bullets to some Bangladeshi politicians in the area.
Acting on the revelation of the arrested duo, the police have been
searching for a Rakhine national living in Nilla village of Bangladesh
border, who is believed to be the link between the Burmese Na Sa Ka and
the smugglers.
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<center><b><u><font color="#3333FF"><font size=+2>Bullet smuggling rising
on Bangladesh-Burma border</font></font></u></b></center>
<p><font color="#FF0000"><font size=+1>Dhaka, June 12, 2001</font></font>
<br><font color="#FF0000"><font size=+1>Mizzima News Group <a href="http://www.mizzima.com";>(www.mizzima.com)</a></font></font>
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The smuggling of bullets across the Bangladesh-Burma border has been rampant
in recent months and the Na Sa Ka personnel based in Maung Daw township
in Arakan State of Burma are allegedly involved in the smuggling racket,
sources in the border areas say.</font>
<p><font size=+1>The sources added that some Na Sa Ka Burmese border security
personnel are allegedly selling out the bullets to the petty smugglers
in the border. A M-16/ AK-47/G-3 bullet can be bought with kyat 200 from
Na Sa Ka forces and the same can be sold in Bangladesh side with taka 100-150
(about kyat 1200-1800). As the bullet smuggling is paying wealth, many
local people are now involved in this smuggling business.</font>
<p><font size=+1>On May 26, two Rakhine nationals residing in Bangladesh
were arrested along with 400 rounds of bullets at an army gate of Bangladesh
Defence Rifles in Cox's Bazar. The local police said that the two had been
doing this bullet smuggling for several months and they reportedly admitted
that they sold the bullets to some Bangladeshi politicians in the area.</font>
<p><font size=+1>Acting on the revelation of the arrested duo, the police
have been searching for a Rakhine national living in Nilla village of Bangladesh
border, who is believed to be the link between the Burmese Na Sa Ka and
the smugglers.</font>
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