, March 13 -- 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.

Published by HT Digital Content Services with permission from United News of Bangladesh....