Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) confiscated 5,000kg of jatkas, Ilish fry less than 10 inches in length, in separate drives in the capital early yesterday.
A mobile court led by Dhaka Metropolitan Magistrate Rezaul Karim also fined six traders Tk5,000 each for selling the baby fishes illegally.
Members of RAB-3 seized the Ilish fries in separate drives at Karwan Bazar and Merul Badda fish market. Magistrate Rezaul Karim said: “We seized 2,500kg jatka fishes from Karwan Bazar and another cache of 2,500kg from Merul Badda fish market.”
In Karwan Bazar, the convicted were fish traders Abul Kalam Azad, 32, Jamal Hossain, 28, truck driver Hafizur Rahman, 25, and his helper Nayon, 25.
In Merul Badda, the convicted were fish trader Swapon, 36, and truck driver Shipon, 30.
