Two consignments of the drug were seized on September 6, Customs Commissioner Dr. A K M Nuruzzaman revealed the information at a press briefing at Chattogram Customs house here on Thursday.
The consignments, labeled as green tea, came to Dhaka Post office from Ethiopian.
From Dhaka post office, a consignment of 13 cartons ‘khat’ weighing 160kg was sent to Chattogram to the address of Md Iftekhar Hossain, house no-23, road-1, lane-4, New A Block Halishahar and another consignment of 10 cartons weighing 48 kg to Arif Enterprise, Shantidhara residential area, Shanti Company, Feni Sadar, Feni, he said.
On secret information, a team of customs officials raided Foreign Exchange Branch of Bangladesh Post office in the port city and seized the contraband drug.
After examination, it was proved that those were not green tea but drugs.