Locals in Aditmari upazila of Lalmonirhat have seized 70 sacks of fertiliser as they were being smuggled. A mobile court sentenced a man from Kurigram named Dulal Mia to 15 days’ simple imprisonment for smuggling fertiliser, and two fertiliser dealers were fined.
On Tuesday afternoon the fertiliser was being loaded onto a pickup and vans from a warehouse at Saptibari bazar to be smuggled out. Locals noticed and stopped the loaded vehicles.
The seized fertiliser comprised 51 sacks of urea and 19 sacks of DAP.
On being informed, agriculture department officials and Aziza Begum, acting upazila nirbahi officer (UNO) of Aditmari, went to the scene. A mobile court then sentenced Dulal Mia of Chilmari, Kurigram, to 15 days’ simple imprisonment for smuggling fertiliser. The two fertiliser dealers were fined 20,000 and 50,000 taka respectively.
“We went to the scene after being informed and found various irregularities by the fertiliser dealers, so they were fined. The smuggler was also sentenced to prison,” said acting UNO Aziza Begum.
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