By Shamindra Ferdinando
Acting on a tip off, police commandos on Sunday (Sept.4) intercepted a van bearing the number 59-8166 at Siribopora, Hambantota, while carrying two dead rabbits, ten kgs of venison, an unlicensed gun, one round of No 12 ammunition, one empty cartridge and a torch. The para-military wing of the police detained seven persons.
An STF spokesman identified the suspects as residents of the Galle police area. The official said that the suspects had been hunting regularly in the Deep South, though there was no evidence to suggest they supplied eating houses or restaurants. They were subsequently handed over to wildlife office in Hambantota by the STF base at Hambantota.
In a separate raid, police commandos in the early hours of Monday (Sept 5) arrested six treasure hunters near Pulleyar statue on the Ulukkulama-Palugaswewa road in the Anuradhapura district. The Anuradhapura police are conducting further investigations.
Meanwhile, the STF base at Kantale yesterday reported the arrest of nine persons who had felled trees in the Bopitiya Chunnankadu forest reserve over the weekend. The STF also took nine bullock carts pulled by two bulls each along with 23 logs. The wildlife office at Kantale is conducting further investigations.
At Ambakola-ara Koslanda, in the Udawalawe area, police commandos destroyed about 6,000 ganja plants.
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