700kg of shrimp injected with jelly like substance seized in Chandpur
File photo of around 1,400kg adulterated shrimps that were confiscated by RAB in Khulna on Thursday, June 24, 2021 Dhaka Tribune
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Publish : 10 Oct 2021, 11:47 AMUpdate : 10 Oct 2021, 11:47 AM
Members of Bangladesh oast Guards in a drive seized 700 kgs of shrimps with jelly like substances in their bodies from the estuary of the Padma River in Chandpur on Saturday.
Tipped off, a coastguard team led by Lieutenant Rohan Majur of Chandpur sub-station conducted the drive in a trawler and recovered the shrimps in the afternoon.
However, no one was arrested in this connection.
Later, the coast guard members destroyed the shrimps.
Some unscrupulous businessmen inject jelly like substances into shrimps to increase their weight to cheat consumers.
700kg of shrimp injected with jelly like substance seized in Chandpur
Members of Bangladesh oast Guards in a drive seized 700 kgs of shrimps with jelly like substances in their bodies from the estuary of the Padma River in Chandpur on Saturday.
Tipped off, a coastguard team led by Lieutenant Rohan Majur of Chandpur sub-station conducted the drive in a trawler and recovered the shrimps in the afternoon.
However, no one was arrested in this connection.
Later, the coast guard members destroyed the shrimps.
Some unscrupulous businessmen inject jelly like substances into shrimps to increase their weight to cheat consumers.