Police in Chattogram’s Patenga area seized about 6,000 liters of illegally stored diesel during a raid on a tin-shed warehouse on Friday morning. The warehouse owner, Mohammad Alamgir, identified locally as a Jubo League leader, is currently on the run. Two suspects, Al-Amin and Masud, have been arrested in connection with the case. The operation followed a tip-off that the site had long been used for collecting, storing, and selling stolen fuel.
According to police, Alamgir expanded his illegal stockpiling amid recent international oil price volatility. The fuel was reportedly brought in by trawler at night and sold wholesale to contractors and transport owners in the morning. Locals alleged that Alamgir’s political influence had shielded him from scrutiny. The landowner’s sons, Arif and Ashraf, were also identified as collaborators in the operation.
Police said cases are being prepared under fuel storage and smuggling control laws. Officials believe the raid could expose a larger oil theft network active along the Patenga–Karnaphuli coast.
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