Eighty kilograms of freshly caught shrimp have landed three Bangladeshi men behind bars after they were caught fishing illegally with banned bottom-trawling nets off Bahrain's coast. The Minor Criminal Court sentenced the trio to a month
TDT | Manama
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Eighty kilograms of freshly caught shrimp have landed three Bangladeshi men behind bars after they were caught fishing illegally with banned bottom-trawling nets off Bahrain’s coast.
The Minor Criminal Court sentenced the trio to a month in prison, fined one of them BD200, and ordered their permanent deportation after serving their sentences. A Bahraini sponsor linked to the operation was hit with a BD1,000.
Confiscation
The court also confiscated the illegal catch, the prohibited fishing nets, and the boat used in the crime.
The bust unfolded when the Coast Guard Command spotted a suspicious boat believed to be trawling for shrimp in restricted waters.
A patrol vessel swooped in, finding the three men aboard a recreational boat.
Realising they were cornered, the fishermen made a desperate bid to flee but were quickly captured, with their hefty haul still on board.
