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Portugal, Spain, France Bust Contaminated Seafood Ring

Mickael Vallee, a professional fisherman, holds glass eels he fished on March 18, 2015 in Cordemais, western France (Credit: AFP)

A European operation has spared revellers a potential food poisoning nightmare before Christmas, seizing 30 tonnes of molluscs illegally fished in polluted waters and arresting 62 suspects, authorities said on Thursday.

Law enforcement in Portugal, France and Spain seized the molluscs and six tonnes of glass eels worth up to 10 million euros ($10.4 million) on the seafood market, Europol said.

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