Dhaka, March 31 -- A total of 87,700 litres of illegally hoarded fuel were seized during the countrywide mobile court drives across the country in the past 24 hours till Tuesday.

The information was disclosed at a regular press briefing of the Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Division held at the Secretariat on Tuesday.

Speaking at the briefing, Joint Secretary Monir Hossain Chowdhury said that, based on reports from all 64 districts, a total of 391 drives were conducted across the country.

Besides, a total of 191 cases were filed and fines amounting to Tk 9,35,070 were imposed during the drives.

Meanwhile, one person was sentenced to two-month jail in Satkhira, one to one year in Chandpur and another to one month in Gazipur.

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