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Shrimp spawns seized
A team of Coastguard recovered shrimp spawns worth Tk 5 lakh from a trawler in Kirtankhola River Friday morning. Abdur Razzak, Commandant Coastguard, said administrative magistrate Tarafdar Mahmudur Rahman led a drive at Barisal Launch Ghat and fined eight shrimp spawn traders Tk 32,000. The traders are Mustafa, Ruhul Amin of Mirzakalu, Abul Kalam, Based, Selim of Borhanuddin of Bhola, Mustafa of Sherpur, Rafiq and Sahabuddin of Bagerhat district. They were carrying those shrimp spawns to Upadwip Fishing at Fakirhat under Bagerhat district from Borhanuddin and Tazumuddin upazilas of Bhola district. Later, the recovered spawns were released in Kirtankhola river, the CG officials said.
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