Lalmonirhat:The Special Response Battalion (SRB)-13 has apprehended two men with 3,924 pieces of smuggled Indian cosmetics in Kharija Jongra village under Patgram police station of Lalmonirhat district.
According to Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha, the arrest occurred following a raid conducted by an SRB-13 team from Rangpur. The team acted on a tip-off and seized the cosmetics, specifically POND'S face wash, from a house in the village at 6 am on Sunday.
The individuals arrested have been identified as Md Badiuzzaman, 56, son of Md Aminur Rahman, and Md Apon Hossain, 37, son of Md Nazrul Islam, both residents of the same village.
A case has been filed against the two under the Special Powers Act, 1974. The SRB-13 has transferred the seized items and the arrested individuals to Patgram police station for further legal proceedings.