Eight smugglers arrested

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Nepalgunj, April 13

Eight individuals have been arrested for his or her alleged involvement in smuggling wildlife and forest merchandise making the most of the nationwide lockdown, in Bardiya National Park.

The smugglers have been arrested after the nationwide park tightened safety through the lockdown. Eight smugglers have been arrested from the park on Saturday.

The nationwide park has tightened safety within the park and buffer zone after the authorities obtained complaints about growing unlawful actions within the park through the lockdown.

Chief Conservation Officer on the nationwide park Ananatha Baral mentioned that two smugglers from Barbardiya Municipality have been arrested for his or her involvement in timber smuggling, two from Bansgadhi have been arrested for unlawful river mining and 4 individuals have been arrested for fishing within the river utilizing poison. Similarly, a patrol group deployed from the park seized a musket used for wildlife poaching. The group mentioned an individual fled the scene leaving the musket behind after he noticed the patrol group. Search for the absconding hunter is on.

The park administration knowledgeable that as many as 5 boats, 16 fishing nets and 22 hooks have been seized and destroyed within the nationwide park. Earlier, the nationwide park had arrested 28 individuals for his or her involvement in wildlife and timber smuggling after the nationwide lockdown.

Security has been beefed within the park and its environment after smugglers turned energetic through the lockdown.

Apart from park staffers, Nepali Army and Nepal Police personnel have been deployed within the park.

A model of this text seems in e-paper on April 14, 2020 of The Himalayan Times.

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