During its ongoing drive against chemical-tainted fruits, Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) destroyed 990 maunds of mango, 80 maunds of blackberry and 119,000 litchis in 12 hours till 8am on Monday.
Sources at the DMP headquarters said 939 goods-laden trucks entered the capital through the police check posts set up at eight entry points –– Postagola Bridge point, Signboard on Dhaka-Chittagong road, Sultana Kamal Bridge of Demra, Babu Bazar Bridge, Waizghat of Sadarghat, in front of Parbata Cinema Hall of Gabtali, near Tongi Bridge of Abdullahpur and Dhaur Bridge of Mirpur Embankment –– in between 8pm on Sunday to 8am on Monday.
Of the trucks, 224 were carrying different types of fruits, including mango, blackberry, jackfruit, litchi, banana, pineapple and lemon.
The DMP collected samples of fruits and found 19 trucks were carrying fruits laced with formalin.
During the examination, 2.88ppm (parts per million) formalin was found in litchi while 1.80-3.50ppm in mango and 5.39-14.50ppm formalin was detected in blackberry although the tolerable range of chemical-tainted fruits are only 0.15ppm.
Later, the law enforcers damaged 990 maunds of mango, 80 maunds of berry and 119,000 pieces of litchi as those were found chemical-soaked.
Source: UNB Connect
