Chandpur: Fisheries Department and Coast Guards in a drive seized 1,800 kgs of shrimps with jelly-like substances in their bodies from Derra fish market under Hajiganj upazila of the district today. Acting on a tip-off, a joint team of Sadar Upazila Fisheries Department and Coast Guard conducted a drive at the fish market from 5 am to 10 am and seized the shrimps, said Sadar upazila senior fisheries officer Mirza Omar Faruk.
According to Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha, in the afternoon, the seized shrimp were brought to the Coast Guard Chandpur Station and destroyed.