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Vol. 4 Num 272 Thu. March 04, 2004  
   
Metropolitan


Fishing nets Worth Tk 7.60 lakh seized


Members of the Bangladesh Coast Guard in separate drives seized nets, timbers, cigarettes and berthing hawser worth Tk 9.60 lakh from different coastal areas on Monday and Tuesday.

Some 38 different kinds of fishing net worth Tk 7.60 lakh were seized from the coastal areas of Dhalchar, Sunarchar, Agunmukha, Char Sakina, Laldiarchar, Patharghata, Asherchar and Mohipur on Tuesday.

In another raid, they seized 513 Sundari logs and 2,000 pieces of timber at Chekerchar of Gopalganj on Monday and handed over to the Forest Department.

Berthing hawser worth Tk 2 lakh were seized from Marine Academy area of Karnaphuli river. Some foreign cigarettes were also seized from Kattoli.