Kaladan News

Date: Sunday, August 01, 2004

Tk. 1 Crore-Fertilizer Seized By Navy En-route to Burma

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Chittagong, August 1: On July 29, 2004, Bangladesh Navy seized 24,000 sacks of fertilizer worth Tk. one crore 8 million while seven engine boats en-route to Burma, on the Bay of Bengal near Bhola Channel, according to the local news paper.

Acting on a tip of, Naval personnel challenged the boats carrying the fertilizer near Char Tajmuddin, and they chased the smuggling boats and seized all of them.

In fact, the fertilizer was being smuggled out to Burma. Navy detained all the engine boats. Afterwards, all the boats have been brought to Chittagong town. There all the goods were handed over to the custom authorities.

Farmers of Burma depends on the fertilizer of Bangladesh because of the rate of the fertilizer is very high there. So, the smugglers, hoping to get high price in Burma, they smuggled fertilizer to Burma.

There are six fertilizer-producing factories in Bangladesh, which cover to meet the domestic demand. However, since there is a big fertilizer smuggling trade booming in Burma, the Bangladeshi farmers are also facing short supply of fertilizer. ##

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