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Mother hilsa seized

25 October 2009, 17:00 PM
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A Correspondent, Chandpur
Coast guards, in a drive early yesterday, seized egg-carrying mother hilsha worth about Tk 8.40 lakh from a passenger launch in Molehead area of the Meghna. But the fish was sold in open auction for only Tk 1.20 lakh, said Chandpur model police station officer in-charge (OC) Quazi Abdul Quayum. Coast Guard Chandpur station commander Captain Khawja Masum led the drive. Sources said, coast guards recovered about 70 maunds of mother hilsha from a launch named "Shariatpur-3" at around 1:30am yesterday. The launch was coming to Dhaka from Bhola via Chandpur. The fish were handed over to police.
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