Chittagong Customs, Excise and VAT Commissionerate seized a large quantity of counterfeit and used cigarette bandrolls by digging up the soil of Vijay Tobacco’s warehouse and goat farm in Farm Chairman Para area of Chakaria upazila of Cox’s Bazar district.
According to the VAT officials, majority of the shares of Vijay Tobacco are owned by former panel mayor of Chittagong City Corporation and Councilor of Rampur Ward No. 25 Abdus Sabur Liton and his brother Abdul Mannan Khokon.
Thursday (October 31), Commissioner of Chittagong Customs, Excise and VAT Commissionerate. According to a press release signed by Zakir Hossain, on the basis of secret information, a large quantity of used cigarette stamps and fake cigarette bandrolls wrapped in foil paper were found by excavating the soil of Vijay Tobacco’s warehouse and goat farm.
VAT Manager of Vijay International Tobacco Limited, Cox’s Bazar. In the presence of Kamruzzaman Swapan, 36 lakh 24 thousand pieces of used cigarette stamps and 2.5 lakh pieces of fake cigarette bandrolls were seized.
Using the said bandrolls would have resulted in revenue evasion of about Rs.15 crores. Proceedings are underway to take action against the institution under the Special Powers Act.
Source: dainikazadi.net
