DHAKA: Customs authorities seized 15,000 mobile phone sets worth about Tk 45 crore at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport Thursday afternoon.

Assistant Commissioner Shahiduzzaman Sarkar of Dhaka Customs House confirmed the matter to banglanews.

He said the huge mobile phone sets have been brought out through tax evasion.

However, the custom authorities have been investigating the matter, he added.

BDST: 1944 HRS, MAY 28, 2015
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