Mobile courts fine traders, seize jatka in Meherpur drives 

 
MEHERPUR, Feb 25: Mobile courts and market monitoring task forces in Meherpur conducted drives on Tuesday to stabilize market prices and enforce government regulations.

At Barabazar fish market, Assistant Commissioner (Land) Sumaiya Jahan Jhurka fined a seller Tk 5,000 under Section 5(1) of the Fisheries Protection and Conservation Act, 1950 for selling jatka fish. A total of 11.2 kg of jatka was seized and later distributed to a government children's orphanage through the Senior Upazila Fisheries Officer.

Later, an anti-smuggling task force, joined by police and Narcotics Control Department officials, searched 12 vehicles near Hospital Road.

The district administration said such operations will continue to ensure market stability and law and order.