Carp Smugglers
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Jan 17 2003, 02:58 (UTC+0) |
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DTidmarsh writes: Premier Fish Supplies boss Mark Dallas and Lee Coles, both from Essex, were arrested by fisheries inspectors from CEFAS and customs officers last April when they intercepted a haul of 263 carp weighing up to 45lb at the Channel Tunnel. The fish were later found to be carrying a rare and deadly strain of the UK carp killing Spring Viraemia of Carp (SVC) disease and were humanely destroyed.
Both men appeared before Folkstone, Kent magistrates last week and pleaded guilty to charges of illegally importing live fish and were committed for sentencing at the Crown Court.
The case is believed to be the biggest of its kind in this country and the men could face up to two years jail.
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