A team of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) yesterday caught a customs staff at Chittagong Port in the act of taking bribe from the clients.

The authorities suspended him along with two other employees immediately.

The suspended customs staff are Samirul Haque, office superintendent, Niamat Ali, appraiser, and Moshiur Rahman, a sepoy of the Chittagong Customs House.

The ACC team on the first day of its anticorruption drive at the port and customs house found Samirul Haque clearing the clients' bills of entry, taking Tk 200 to Tk 500 against each bill, said an ACC source.

The ACC team challenged Samirul, who immediately denied any wrongdoing, but when the team asked about Tk 13,750 he had in his

drawer, Samirul could not give a satisfactory answer.

Samirul was then taken to the commissioner of the customs house. The commissioner after an instant enquiry found two others involved in the bribery. The three were suspended immediately, said the ACC source.

The ACC team comprises of Abdur Rakib, deputy commissioner of taxes and two inspectors ASM Akhtar Hamid and Mirza Zahidul Alam.

The ACC has sent two vigilance teams to Chittagong Port Customs House and Benapole land port after Commissioner Maniruddin Ahmed visited both the places.