The upazila administration conducted a drive and seized 19 sacks of illegal current nets at Sahebganj market in Haimchar upazila of Chandpur. The operation was led by Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Md. Nazrul Islam from 1 pm to 5 pm on Thursday, during which the nets were recovered from three godowns in the market.
For admitting their guilt, two traders, Shahadat Sardar and Osman Goni Sardar, were fined Tk 40,000 each, totaling Tk 80,000 under the relevant section of the Protection and Conservation of Fish Act by a mobile court. According to yarn traders of Puran Bazar in Chandpur, the estimated market value of the seized nets is Tk 13,30,000. Coast Guard Chandpur and the Haimchar upazila fisheries department assisted the operation.
The UNO stated that it was not possible to measure the seized nets immediately, and instructions have been given to the Coast Guard and the fisheries department to destroy the nets in accordance with the rules.
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