An investigation report by the National Board of Revenue (NBR) found Ural five Bangladeshi business institutions are involved in smuggling heroin to the United Kingdom in the guise of exporting foods, toiletries, cosmetics and tiles.
The Customs Intelligence and Investigation Department (CUD) also conducted an investigation through a high-powered committee following allegations made by .the UK customs in May 2005.
A media report about UK customs' allegations was first published in The Daily Star on July 12, 2005 titled 'UK customs detect smuggling of 75kg heroin from
Dhaka. Drug reached London in guise of tiles, cosmetics, food'.
The NBR prepared its report two months ago and submitted to the home ministry, said an NBR source.
A sources in Criminal Investigation Department (CID) said CID, Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) and Special Branch (SB) of the police are investigating the smuggling ring.
A meeting was held in this connection at the home ministry a few days ago, sources said.
The investigation report found that a leading private company, BD Foods Limited, and its sister concerns manipulated the entire export process, starting from getting a trade license to shipment of
consignments to the UK ports.
The report found the chairman of BD Foods Limited, Badrul Haider Choudhury, guilty of smuggling heroin to the UK. Some employees of the company are also implicated in the report.
Messrs Emdad Traders, Messrs Jamil International, Messrs MM Enterprise and Green Heaven Enterprise smuggled drugs to Ocean Line Foods, Messrs Bengal Bay and Coastal Spices in the United Kingdom in the guise of legitimate export consignments.
The recipients of the consignments sent to England were Sohcl Ahmed, Shah Alam, Shamsul Islam andRanuMia.
According to the investigation
failed to utilise the advantage as the footballers, perhaps over-confident after Guam's massive 11-0 defeat in the opener, were trying to go for individual glory.
The hosts piled on tremendous pressure from the start but Guam defended doggedly with an eightpack backline as a green tide swelled near their bar.
The Bangladeshi attack drew early blood when overlapping fullback Siraji cut a low cross to Abul in the eighth minute. But the midfielder's angular drive was parried by Guam custodian Brett Maluwelmeng's legworks and a lurking Emily shot the rebound into the sidenetting.
Siraji then let fly a right-footer in the 13th minute but the ball whistled past Maluwelmeng's upright before Emily and Alfaz blew chances over the post inside from the box. In the first-half injury time, Abul committed an unpardonable mistake when the midfielder kicked the ball into the defensive wall of Maluwelmeng from just two yards.
The coach's briefing must have worked during half-time as Bangladesh came out with a certain plan of holding the ball and it paid dividend four minutes later. Emily exchanged a nice pass with Alfaz on the edge of the penalty area and dribbled past two defenders before placing an angular shot into the far post.
Rajani headed a corner onto the crossbar in the 64th minute while Maluwelmeng's brilliant saves on efforts by Monwar and substitute Topu kept Bangladesh at bay.
The pressure told seven minutes from time when Abul tapped the ball in from a goalmouth melee. Two minutes later, he was at the right place during a corner to drill the ball into the back of the net through a forest of legs after Rajani's header on a Parvez Babu corner was saved from the goalline.