Police in a drive seized 86kg of government rice from a garage at Umardighi bazar in Shahjahanpur upazila of Bogura on Tuesday.

A man informed police about the rice by calling 999. The rice was stocked illegally, said Ambar Hossain, inspector of Shahjahanpur Police Station.

No one was arrested in this connection.

Earlier, VGF distributed the rice among the destitute on Tuesday morning.