Matiranga Army Zone of 15 Field Regiment Artillery of Guimara Region has seized 27 cartoons of foreign cigarettes brought illegally to Matiranga of Khagrachhari. The estimated market value of the seized cigarettes is about Tk 51 lakh 56 thousand. The cigarettes were seized during a raid in front of Matiranga Government Degree College gate under Matiranga Sena Zone on Wednesday night. According to army sources, a check post was set up in front of matiranga government degree college gate on the basis of information that foreign cigarettes coming from India were being smuggled towards Chittagong by evading government taxes. Warrant Officer Ripon Ali led a search of a Mahindra car loaded with ba... [Read more]