Brooklyn seafood dealer sentenced for illegally trafficking baby eels
<p>A 42-year-old man from Brooklyn was sentenced to 1 ½ years for illegally trafficking baby eels from Virginia.</p>
News 12 Staff
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Nov 8, 2017, 6:46 PM
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Updated 2,367 days ago
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A 42-year-old man from Brooklyn was sentenced to 1 ½ years for illegally trafficking baby eels from Virginia.
Seafood dealer Tommy Zhou had pleaded guilty in a Virginia court back in April.
Prosecutors charged that Zhou illegally sold more than $150,000 worth of eels.
The eels can only be legally harvested in Maine and South Carolina. Prosecutors said Zhou had used a Maine dealer license to cover his trafficking operation.
Associated Press wires contributed to this report.