Huge quantity of edible oil seized in Rajshahi, one arrested

Police seized at least 27,000 litres of edible oil illegally stored in two warehouses in Rajshahi and arrested one of its owners.

On a tip-off, a team of police raided two warehouses in Taherpur Bazar area of Rajshahi’s Bagmara upazila on Monday night and made the seizure.

‘The seized oil includes 19,176 litres of soybean oil. The rest was mustard oil,’ said IK Alam, additional superintendent of Rajshahi district police.

‘The arrested, Shahidul Islam Swapan, 40, a resident of Cheokhali village, took the state-owned warehouse on rent,’ the officer said.

‘Later we seized another 31 drums of soybean oil from a nearby warehouse owned by Swapan’s brother Rafiqul,’ he added. ‘His brother, however, managed to escape.’

Legal action would be taken against the arrested and the two warehouses had been sealed, said ASP Alam.

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