Princh Mondal Olif, Bagerhat District Correspondent:

Bangladesh Coast Guard has detained two people with 45 kilograms of deer meat during separate drives in Nalian Bazar and the adjoining Doanirghat area of Dakop upazila in Khulna.

Coast Guard media officer Lieutenant Commander Sabbir Alam Sujon said the drives were conducted by a team from Coast Guard Outpost Nalian between 11:30pm and midnight on Friday (August 14), following confidential information. During the operations, the team recovered 45 kilograms of deer meat, estimated to be worth around Tk 99,000, and detained two people allegedly involved in the illegal meat trade.

The seized meat and the detainees were later handed over to the Nalian Forest Office for further legal action.

The Coast Guard said operations to prevent the killing and trafficking of wildlife in the Sundarbans will continue.