Hilsa seized while being smuggled
Members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) in the district seized 180kg of hilsa fish while they were being smuggled to India, says a press release.
They also arrested two people from in front of Choranol Hafezia Madrasa in Burichong upazila in connection with the incident early Sunday.
The arrestees are Saiful Islam Yusuf, 35, son of Wali Mia of Jagatpur, and Md Kaiyum Hossain, 20, son of Mostafa Kamal of Loribag in Burichong upazila.
On interrogation, the arrestees confessed that they were smuggling the hilsa to India. A case was filed in this connection, said Rab-11 sources.
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