"Beat & Release": There Won't Be a "Mussel Beach Party" Movie, in Istanbul

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(Hürriyet Newspaper, 8 July 2024)

                              Camera-shy mussels.

In Eminönü, Istanbul, police patrolling the shore saw sea creatures being

loaded onto a truck and arrested M.A. and Ü.A. for illegal mussel 

gathering (!).  In all, police seized 36 sacks of mussels weighing about

one ton.  All of the hostage mussels were dropped back into the sea to

resume their maritime lives.  M.A. and Ü.A. were fined 52,484 TL

(about $1,600). 

Suspects were planning a sequel...