Coast guard members arrested a man in possession of 20 maunds (about 740kg) of venison from a trawler in Barguna’s Patharghata upazila early yesterday.

Coast Guard members arrests a man along with 20 mounds of venison from Baleshwar river in Patharghata upazila in Barguna.

Forest department and police, in a joint drive, have seized around five mounds of venison, skins and heads of two deer and two sacks of traps from Patharghata upazila of Barguna.

Coastguard members rescue two deer and seized 140 kilogrammes venison in Patharghata upazila of Barguna district.