50 kg piranha fish seized
A mobile court yesterday seized 50 kilograms of banned piranha fish in Barduaree Haat area in Sherpur upazila yesterday. Abdur Rauf, senior fisheries officer of the upazila, said acting on secret information, the court conducted a drive in the area and seized 27 piranha fish each weighing about 1.5 kg, worth Tk 4,500 when the unscrupulous fish traders were selling the catch openly. However, the illegal fish traders managed to escape, he added.
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