TDS Desk:

The Bangladesh Coast Guard (BCG) in a drive seized 500 kilograms of jatka [hilsa fry] from Charbhairabi area under Haimchar upazila of the district this morning.

On a tip-off, a team of the BCG conducted a drive in the river Meghna around6 am and seized the jatka from Machghat area, said Sadar upazila fisheriesofficer M Mizanur Rahman.

Later, the seized fishes were distributed to orphanages, madrasha and poor people, he said.

Lieutenant Fazlur Rahman, commander of Chandpur Coast Guard Station, saidnone was arrested in this connection as the real owner of the jatka could notbe found during the operation.

Such operations will continue to protect Hilsa fish, he further said.