Police seized nine sacks of government rice from Jamuna Ghat in Sariakandi upazila on Friday noon.
Quoting locals, Al Amin, officer-in-charge of Sariakandi Police Station, said several people were trying to smuggle the government rice but they left those as some villagers saw them at Raohad Ghat around 12pm.
On information, police went to the spot and seized the rice weighing 450 kg, he said.
However, no one was arrested in this connection.