Custom House Chittagong officials yesterday seized two containers with 54 tonnes of textile fabrics and artificial leather worth Tk 3 crore at Chittagong port on charge of misuse of bond facilities.

Accenture Footwear Ltd in the paperwork claimed it was importing 'heel grip lining' but imported the fabrics and leather, which cannot be imported under bond facilities, said the house deputy commissioner, Nuruddin Milon.

Officials searched the containers based on a tipoff and filed a case against the importer and its clearing and forwarding agent, MA Trading Corporation, he said. Exporters usually get bond facilities for importing raw materials only for duty-free export of finished goods, Milon said.