Formalin-laced fishes of Tk 2.2 lakh destroyed
Department of Fisheries (DoF) destroyed two metric tonnes of formalin-laced fishes worth around Tk 2.2 lakh in Chittagong city yesterday.
A team of DoF, led by Provati Dev, the district fisheries officer, conducted a drive in fishery ghat area around 6:00am and destroyed the formalin-mixed fishes of a truck coming from Teknaf upazila in Cox's Bazar district.
No fish hoarder in the area confessed to bringing the formalin-laced fishes from Teknaf, said Md Kamal Uddin Chowdhury, an official of DoF.
Kotwai police assisted the team during the drive, Kamal added.
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