Bangladesh Coast Guard (BCG) on Wednesday confiscated 6,050kg of shrimps injected with a harmful jelly-like substance to artificially increase their weight from the Khan Jahan Ali Bridge Toll Plaza, Khulna.
It also detained two people — Md Abdur Rahman, 35, and Md Faruk Gazi, 20, according to Lt Commander Labeeb Usama Ahmadullah, Coast Guard media officer.
Later, representatives of Fish Inspection and Quality Control (FIQC) Khulna fined Rahman, Faruk, and three organisations a cumulative Tk 1.30 lakh, Labeeb said.
Earlier, acting on a tip-off, a team of BCG Station Rupsha under Coast Guard West Zone carried out a raid in Khan Jahan Ali Bridge Toll Plaza under Rupsha police station around 7:55pm.
During the drive, the law enforcers searched a Chattogram-bound truck that was being loaded with the adulterated shrimps.
Later, representatives of FIQC Khulna fined Rahman and Faruk a total of Tk 30,000, Sabbir Transport Tk 50,000, Jamuna Jafar Fish Tk 25,000 and Monowara Jafar Fish Tk 25,000 for their involvement in filling the shrimps with the jelly-like substance.
The seized shrimps were later destroyed.
