Woman held for selling bush meat
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, January 16 2023:
A joint team of Unique Wildlife Protection Committee, Central Forest Division staff and Wildlife Crime Control Bureau, Eastern Region apprehended a woman for selling meats of wildlife and seized meats of deer and wild boar from Lamphel Supermarket area on Monday around 1.30 pm.
The woman apprehended by the joint team has been identified as Thari Hmar (45) of Tuibong village, Churachandpur district.
The team confiscated 5 kg of deer meat and 16 kg of wild boar.
Interestingly, the woman has been carrying out the illegal trade from a vegetable vendor stall located near the gate of Lamphel women's police station for the last six months.
The apprehended woman has been handed over to Central Forest Division office for further legal actions.