India News | 11 Antlers Seized, Poacher Arrested in West Bengal
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Eleven antlers were seized and one deer poacher was arrested during a raid at Garakata jungle in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri district on Wednesday, a forest department official said.
Jalpaiguri (WB), Sep 9 (PTI) Eleven antlers were seized and one deer poacher was arrested during a raid at Garakata jungle in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri district on Wednesday, a forest department official said.
The antlers, weighing around 15 kg, were found in the combined raid by forest department and Seema Suraksha Bal (SSB) personnel near Garakata-Jaldhaka Bridge following a tip off, the official said.
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The arrested man was travelling on a bicycle with the deer horns in a bag when he was intercepted.
He was being interrogated by senior forest officials to know about other members of the poacher network, the official added.
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