Man arrested as 7.5 tonnes of sugar seized in Chakaria

Police have recovered another 150 sacks of sugar, weighing 7.5 tonnes, from Harbang area under Chakaria upazila of Cox's Bazar in connection with a sugar hijacking case.

With the latest recovery, police have recovered 284 of the 300 sacks of sugar worth around Tk 16 lakh hijacked from a covered van in Patiya upazila of Chattogram.

Police recovered the sugar from an abandoned tailor shop in Nonachhari area early Friday, said Sub-Inspector Mahbubur Rahman of Patiya Police Station.

Earlier, police recovered 134 sacks of sugar from a warehouse in Aziz Nagar Bazar of Bandarban on Wednesday night.

Police arrested covered van driver Md. Alamgir in connection with the case and produced him before a court on Friday.

A case has been filed with Patiya Police Station on Thursday in this regards.

Police said the investigation is underway to recover the remaining sugar.