KHULNA, Nov 17, 2024 (BSS) - A mobile court here seized 12 lakh meters of
banned current nets and 7,200 kilograms of jatka [hilsa fry] worth around
Taka 4.5 crore from the Balweswar River in the early hours of today.

Earlier, a team of Bangladesh Coast Guard (BCG) arrested 10 fishermen from
two engine trawlers--'FB Sabuj' and 'FB Mayer Doa'-- from the river around
4.00am.

The mobile court, led by Morelganj Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Md Nazmul
Islam, also fined the arrested fishermen Taka five thousand each.

The court destroyed the banned current nets in presence of the Upazila
Fisheries Officer Ranjit Kumar and local people.

The seized fish were later distributed among 15 local orphanages and poor
people in the district, Officer of Shoronkhola West Zone Bangladesh Coast
Guard (BCG) Monzur Hossain confirmed.