Members of Bangladesh Coast Guard (BCG) seized banned fishing nets worth Tk 8.92 cr from a passenger Launch in Chandpur on Friday.
Lt. Commander Mashhad Uddin, station officer of Chandpur Coast Guard, said on the basis of secret information, a special operation was conducted in the early hours of Friday in the Meghna river estuary under Chandpur district.
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During the raids, the law enforcers searched a passenger launch MV Gazi Salauddin left from Fatullah and seized over 2.5 million meters of new current nets from there.
However, no one was arrested during the raid.
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The seized nets were later burnt in the presence of Upazila Senior Fisheries Officer, the Coast Guard officer added.