Chittagong: Officials of Customs Intelligence and Investigation Department seized a container suspecting to be liquefied cocaine worth more than Tk 100 crore in it at the Chittagong Port on early Sunday.

Custom sources said importer Khan Jahan Ali Enterprise Limited imported the container declaring as 107 drums loaded with 2,140 litre Sun Flower oil, using the address of Nabi Market, 232 Khatunganj, under Kotwali thana in the port city.

Based on secret information Detective Branch (DB) requested the officials of Customs Intelligence to seize the container on suspicion of finding cocaine in it.

The law enforcers detained Nur Mohammad, owner of Khan Jahan Ali Enterprise Limited, and his Manager Sohel, who actually issued the import order using the said address and pad of the business enterprise.

The container was sealed off at CCT Yard number 3 at Chittagong port on Saturday night and it would be opened on Monday in presence of the officials of concerned departments for physical inspection, Custom sources said.

As per directives of the high-ups, a team led-by DB Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC) SM Tanvir Arafat started investigation into the matter.