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DB to launch stronger crackdown on counterfeit stamp

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Published: 14:32, 29 October 2024

DB to launch stronger crackdown on counterfeit stamp

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The Detective Branch (DB) of Bangladesh Police has reaffirmed its commitment to dismantling a widespread counterfeit stamp and currency syndicates operating across the country.

DB Joint Commissioner Talebur Rahman announced at a briefing at the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Headquarters on Tuesday that four members of the stump syndicate have been arrested in connection with the manufacturing and distribution of counterfeit stamps, worth an estimated Tk 15 crore.

He said the arrests were made on Monday, based on an intelligence report that led the DB team to launch the drive against the syndicate’s operation hub in Dhaka.

“During our raids, we recovered counterfeit stamps valued at approximately Tk 14.76 crore. Besides, we seized equipment worth Tk 40 lakh used in the illegal production of these stamps,” Talebur Rahman told journalists.

The crackdown began with a raid on a printing press located on Hatirmia Lane in Fakirapool, and was expanded following information provided by an arrested member of the syndicate, Alim Sheikh.

Further operations led DB to several other locations, including printing facilities in Bijoy Swarani, Mirpur, and Savar.

The arrestees are notorious syndicate figures Mozah Hajera Begum and Mohammad Jahangir Alam Jibon, who were held in Madhya Paikpara, Mirpur, along with confiscated counterfeit stamps.

Another DB team arrested syndicate member Masud Rana during a drive in Rajfulbari, Savar.

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