Five poachers held, guns & car seized
Source: Chronicle News Service
Thoubal, December 04 2022:
Officials of Thoubal Forest Division apprehended five poachers and seized two guns and one Maruti Swift for illegal hunting of wild birds in Ikop Pat area on Sunday morning.
Source said that a team of forest officials led by DFO Th Lok-endro carried out drive against illegal hunting on Sunday morning.
During the drive, they received information of poaching in Ikop Pat area on Khangabok side using firearms.
They rushed to the spot and apprehended the five poachers.
The arrested poachers have been identified as Md Amir Hasan (32) son of late Md Ahamad Ali, Mahamood Hasan (30) son of Abdur Salam, Md Azaharuddin (21) son of Abdur Salam, Md Ahamad Hasan (30) son of Abdur Salam and Md Farid Khan (33) son of Md Abdul Karim.
The officials also seized two guns and one Maruti Swift bearing registration number MN07D 4626.Meanwhile, another source said that all the five poachers are personnel of Central Armed Police Forces.