A mobile court here seized 12 lakh meters of banned current nets and 7,200 kilograms of jatka [hilsa fry] worth around Taka 4.5 crore from the Balweswar River in the early hours of today.
Earlier, a team of Bangladesh Coast Guard (BCG) arrested 10 fishermen from two engine trawlers--'FB Sabuj' and 'FB Mayer Doa'-- from the river around 4.00am.
The mobile court, led by Morelganj Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) Md Nazmul Islam, also fined the arrested fishermen Taka five thousand each.
The court destroyed the banned current nets in presence of the Upazila Fisheries Officer Ranjit Kumar and local people.
The seized fish were later distributed among 15 local orphanages and poor people in the district, Officer of Shoronkhola West Zone Bangladesh Coast Guard (BCG) Monzur Hossain confirmed.
