After a brilliant career on the pitch, former Portuguese international Fabio Coentrao (52 caps) converted to the fishing sector.
The left-back, who notably played from 2011 to 2018 at Real Madrid (with, during this time, loans to Monaco and Sporting), is in fact a fishing enthusiast, his family working in the sector for a very long time .
12 tanks filled
But the player trained in Rio Ave was involved in a case of illegal trade in shellfish, the Food Safety Authority (Asae) said on Thursday. Health authorities announced on Thursday the suspension of the activity of three illegal warehouses in northern Portugal and the seizure of 17 tonnes of food.
One of them housed a shellfish farm belonging to Fabio Coentrao, said an Asae spokesperson. According to the daily News Journalinspectors went on Wednesday to the warehouse belonging to the former player in the fishing port of Povoa do Varzim, where there were 12 seawater tanks filled in particular with lobsters and shrimp.
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760 kilograms of undocumented shellfish
In total, a little more than a ton of shellfish was seized by the authorities due to several irregularities, for lack of invoices or a marketing license. In detail, as reported So Foot760 kg of shellfish were undocumented and 260 kg were unsalable.
Fabio Coentrao converted to this activity after hanging up his crampons in 2021. At 36, the man who became the owner of three fishing boats, seven months ago rented a warehouse to launch into the marketing of fruit. Wed, reported the News Journal.
