Federal fisheries officials say they seized 60 kilograms of baby eels worth between $250,000 and $350,000 at a ground transport facility in Dartmouth, N.S., on Friday.
The Fisheries Department says on social media that officers intercepted the shipment “based on gathered intelligence” and arrested two people.
Get weekly money news
The department alleges the baby eels, called elvers, were to be driven to Toronto to be shipped overseas.
Ottawa closed the lucrative elver fishery on March 11 after violence and intimidation plagued last year’s fishing season in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.
- Guns, machetes and cellphones among items seized by northern Saskatchewan RCMP
- Manitoba police watchdog investigating after detained man left with skull fracture
- Preliminary hearing for D4vd to move ahead in killing of Celeste Rivas Hernandez
- Bishnoi gang members charged with ordering hit on B.C. Sikh leader, U.S. announces arrests
Last month, federal officials seized 109 kilograms of elvers at Toronto Pearson International Airport, which they said were also going to be shipped overseas.
Officers said the eels seized in May were estimated to be worth between $400,000 and $500,000.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published June 4, 2024.
Comments
Comments closed.
Due to the sensitive and/or legal subject matter of some of the content on globalnews.ca, we reserve the ability to disable comments from time to time.
Please see our Commenting Policy for more.