25 kg venison seized in Bagerhat

BAGERHAT, Jan 20 (UNB): Forest officials in a drive seized 25 kgs of venison from Jongla area under Chandpai Range of the Sundarbans East Zone in Bagerhat district.
Tipped off, a team of forest officials conducted a drive in the area on Sunday and challenged a boat at a canal, two kilometers away from the Sundarbans.
Later, they seized the venison, deer skin, deer head, trap and a boat, said Dipon Chandra Das, said assistant forest conservator of Chandpai Range.
However, the forest officials could not arrest anyone as the poachers managed to flee the scene.
The seized items were sent to the Khulna.
On January 15, the forest officials seized 30 kgs of venison, two heads, seven legs and a trap from the Sundarbans.