Viagra, banned drugs, pornographic materials and precious stones seized from Haj pilgrims

[TareqZia]

Wednesday, 28 November , 2007, 13:08

Dhaka: Customs officials at the Zia International Airport in Dhaka have seized large quantities of Viagra, other banned drugs, pornographic material and precious stones that Haj pilgrims were trying to smuggle out of Bangladesh.

Reports of seizures and arrests have come even as authorities are struggling to send the pilgrims on the journey to Saudi Arabia amidst chaos caused by disruption of flight schedules of the ailing national carrier Bangladesh Biman International.

Long delays have led to angry demonstrations by the pilgrims, media reports said.

A joint task force of customs and the Bangladesh Air Force seized over 5,000 Viagra and Munish pills, prescription drugs used for treating male impotence, from the luggage of a Haj pilgrim on November 22. More than 6,000 precious stones were seized on Tuesday from the luggage of another pilgrim, the Daily Star reported on Wednesday.

In two separate drives on Tuesday, the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) seized illegal drugs worth about $320,000 and 50,000 CDs with pornographic movies.

Humayun Kabir, additional commissioner of customs at the international airport, said during luggage scanning the joint task force discovered large quantities of banned pharmaceutical drugs and 47 cans of zarda (chewing tobacco) inside the luggage of a man called Shahdur Rahman at a camp where pilgrims are housed before making the journey.

Rahman, however, managed to leave for Jeddah. The customs commissioner said he had asked the immigration officials here to arrest him on his return.

Humayun said they found the precious gems while scanning the luggage of another pilgrim, Ali Azam. The luggage had 696 rings studded with precious stones and 5,968 other gems hidden inside.

During interrogation, Azam confessed to smuggling out gems while in the guise of a pilgrim for the last four years.


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[Alien]

Lucky they got busted in Dhaka not Saudi. Else would have had their heads chopped off.

[akabir77]

Originally Posted by Alien
Lucky they got busted in Dhaka not Saudi. Else would have had their heads chopped off.

May be they were taking the stuff for our Saudi brothers... and hence they knew their heads r safe...

[Fazal]

Niyot Jodi Thik na Thakey....

[Yasin]

What a shame. Disgusting. What they really deserve is to get their heads chopped.

[zahid]

Originally Posted by Yasin
What a shame. Disgusting. What they really deserve is to get their heads chopped.

Agreed.

[Ajfar]

Originally Posted by Fazal
Niyot Jodi Thik na Thakey....

tikee koison bhaii..ogor motlob valo chilo naa...

[Special 1]

so what? He could have kissed the black/white stone and gotten a fresh start.

[Tigers_eye]

Originally Posted by Special 1
so what? He could have kissed the black/white stone and gotten a fresh start.

This is his forth year. How many times does one need to get cleaned?

[Special 1]

Originally Posted by Tigers_eye
This is his forth year. How many times does one need to get cleaned?

everytime he gets dirty

[HereWeGo]

Fascinating but not surprising.
They sold their souls to the devil.
I don support the idea of chopping off someones head..thats inhuman. I mean i hardly know neone who never watched a ****. One doesnt deserve to die for smuggling porns and viagra. Definately deserves to be punished tho.