Huge quantity of alcohol seized as Kingfisher Restaurant raided in Gulshan

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A special team comprising four intelligence agencies of the National Board of Revenue (NBR) conducted a raid on the Kingfisher Restaurant in Gulshan of the capital and seized a huge quantity of alcohol and alcoholic beverages without valid documents.

The raid began at the restaurant around 12:30 am on Sunday. The raid lasted for about three hours.

The National Board of Revenue received confidential information that highly dutiable products, especially alcohol and alcoholic beverages, were being collected and sold through duty evasion. Based on this information, a decision was taken to conduct a special raid on the Kingfisher Restaurant.

The raid was conducted under the direction of the National Board of Revenue and under the overall supervision of the Customs Intelligence and Investigation Department. A special team comprising four intelligence agencies of the NBR participated in it.

The agencies participating in the operation are the Central Intelligence Cell (CIC), Customs Intelligence and Investigation Department (CIID), Income Tax Intelligence and Investigation Unit (TIIU) and Value Added Tax Audit, Intelligence and Investigation Department (VAIID).

The operation was conducted under the powers conferred by sections 113, 114, 176, 177, 178, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184 and 191 of the Customs Act, 2023. In addition, section 83 of the Value Added Tax and Supplementary Duty Act, 2012, rule 60 of the Value Added Tax and Supplementary Duty Rules, 2016 and sections 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208 and 209 of the Income Tax Act, 2023 have also been mentioned as the legal basis for the operation.