Seized current nets destroyed
Banned current nets worth Tk 7 lakh seized by Coastguard members were destroyed in Sharankhola upazila headquarters here on Sunday evening. KM Mamunur Rashid, Lieutenant Commander of Bangladesh Coastguard Mongla (West Zone) said a team of Coastguard launched a drive in Baleswar River and seized 10,000 meters of banned current nets from different fishing boats in the afternoon. Later, the seized nets were burnt down in presence of officials and local people. No fisherman, however, was arrested in this connection.
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