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Coast Guard seizes Tk 69cr illegal current net worth


Published : 22 Feb 2022 08:50 PM

Bangladesh Coast Guard’s Pagla Station has seized 2.30 crore meters current nets that is extremely prohibited to use. 

Bangladesh Coast Guard headquarters media officer Lt. Commander Khandakar Munif Toki confirmed this on Monday.

He said, “Today on the basis of a tip-off a special drive was conducted between 11 pm to 12 pm by Lt. Shams Sadekin Nirnoy, station commander of BCG station in Gushaibag and Panchasara area adjacent to the Muktarpur bridge, Munshiganj. And they have seized 2.30 crore meters current nets worth of TK 69 crore. Representatives of the Department of Fisheries in Munshiganj district Gulam Mawla Russel and executive magistrate MD. Elias Shikdar was present during the drive.” 

He also said, “Later all the seized illegal current nets was destroyed in the presence of magistrate and the representatives of the Department of Fisheries.”