Three arrested for smuggling banned Thai catfish fries in truck

Agra: Etah police arrested three men including two hailing from West Bengal for smuggling 14 quintal of banned Thai catfish fries.

According to police, the three men, identified as Safikul Gazi, Manik Das and Nawal Kishore (Mainpuri), were smuggling fries to Kharkhoda (Haryana) in a truck.

“On Monday night, Malawan police caught the trio with the 14 quintal Thai catfish fries. Since they had no paper work, officials from fishery department were called to know about the species of fish and legality of transporting them. After consultation, it was found that these fries were prohibited for breeding without proper authority approval,” additional superintendent of Etah police, Sanjay Kumar said.

He said the trio were booked under IPC section 270 (malignant act likely to spread infection of disease dangerous to life).