River Police seized over 137.7 million metres of banned Current Jal during a drive conducted at various factories in Ponchoshar union of sadar upazila on Monday.
Tipped-off about manufacturing of banned Current Jal, the River Police conducted a drive from Sunday midnight to Monday morning led by Md Atiqul Islam, DIG of Dhaka Range.
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“We seized Current Jal, six iron rolls and bobbins of thread worth approximately Tk 248 crore,” Islam said. “Over 80 million metres of the seized net and bobbins were burnt on the bank of river Dhaleshwari.”