Deer poacher held, 205 kgs of venison seized from Sundarbans. Photo : BSS

KHULNA, March 17, 2025 (BSS) – A joint team comprising coast guard and police personnel conducted separate drives and arrested a deer poacher and seized 205 kgs of venison from the Sundarbans in the early hours of today.

Acting on a tip-off, members of Koyra, Koikhali, and Harbaria coast guard camps under the Mongla west zone, along with Koyra thana police, jointly conducted drives at South Khashitana, a local market adjacent to the Sundarbans, and Joymonirgol area under Mongla upazila.

The law enforcement agencies arrested deer poacher Md Babu Alam, 27, who hails from Shyamnagar upazila in Satkhira, and seized 205 kgs of venison, two deer heads, eight legs, and two skins from his possession, said Lieutenant Commander Tarek Ahmed, Operation Officer of the West Zone Coast Guard.

The seized venison and other body parts of deer were handed over to the respective authorities of the Forest Department, while the deer poacher was handed over to the river police, he added.