2 held for smuggling wild animals and birds

Nepal: Police on Sunday said two persons including an Indian national were arrested on charge of smuggling protected wild animals and birds from Chamati in KMC-15 on Sunday. In a statement today, Metropolitan Crime Division said 52-year-old Amin Alam of Bidur Municipality-11 in Nuwakot district and

Bangladesh: Law enforcers in Bagerhat arrested a poacher and seized skin of a deer during a drive in Kadamtola area under Sharankhola upazila on Friday night. The arrestee has been identified as Saddam Ali (20), son of Razzak Mir of Sonatola village of the upazila. Md Abdul Jalil, Officer-in-Charge

Bangladesh: Police in a drive arrested a poacher and seized skin of a deer in Kadamtola area under Sharankhola upazila on Friday night. Tipped off, a team of police intercepted a motorbike and held Saddam Ali, 20, son of Razzak Mir of Sonatola village of the upazila and recovered the skin from his p
Dhanushkodi coastal police seize 100 kg sea cucumber

India: About 100 kg of sea cucumber was seized Thursday near Dhanushkodi by coastal marine police. Two persons were arrested when they were found to be shifting it to a boat. They were allegedly planning to smuggle the sea cucumber to Sri Lanka via Dhanushkodi, police said. About 300 kg of sea cucum
Criminal gang busted

Sri Lanka: A group of seven suspects involved in various rackets, including poaching, illegal sand mining and robbery of cattle for slaughter, were rounded up by officers of the Galkiriyagama Wildlife Office during an operation in the Galkiriyagama forest range of the Kahalla Pallekelle reserve bord