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5 'deer poachers' held with 25 kg venison in Khulna
Police
2025-03-13, 3:07pm
Arrest
Members of Coast Guards in a drive arrested five suspected deer poachers along with 25 kg venison from a boat in the Shibsa River of the Sundarbans in Khulna district on Wednesday night.
The arrestees were Imran Gazi, 24, Abdur Rahim, 43, Rokon-Uz-Zaman, 35, Abu Musa, 36 and Md Mamun, 35 of Koyra upazila in Khulna district.
Coast Guard members conducted a drive in the river and arrested the poachers on Wednesday night, said a media release of Coast Guard.
They also seized 25 kgs of venison, one boat, 80 deer poaching traps from their possession.
Legal steps will be taken against them, it said. - UNB