Dhaka, May 15 -- A total of 311 people have been arrested during countrywide drives conducted by the River Police over the past seven days, aimed at protecting the country's fish resources and ensuring safety on waterways.

According to the River Police headquarters, 29,806,610 meters of illegal fishing nets, 5,237 kilograms of fish, and 17,000 shrimp fry were seized.

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Legal actions were also taken against 71 bulkheads for not having valid documents and three dredgers were also seized.

A total of 88 cases were filed during the operations, including 68 related to fisheries, one drug case, seven, seven unnatural death cases, one murder case, two cases related to sand extraction, one unde...