Shyamoly Paribahan bus supervisor held with rare birds in Ctg
Police arrested a bus supervisor of Shyamoly Paribahan and recovered two rare and endangered species of Raj Dhanesh (Hornbill) birds from his possession at the Gachbaria area under Chandanaish police station in Chattogram in the early hours of Monday.
Acting on a tip-off, a team of Chandanaish police station conducted a drive at the Gachbaria area on Chattogram- Cox's Bazar Highway at around 12:30am and intercepted a bus of Shyamoly Paribahan. Searching the bus, police recovered two Raj Dhanesh birds and arrested the bus supervisor Mizanur Rahman.
Later, the arrestee was produced before the mobile court of Zimran Mohammad Syek, assistant commissioner (land) of Chandanaish upazila and an executive magistrate.
Anwar Hossain, officer-in-charge of Chandnaish police station, said the arrestee was sentenced to four months imprisonment as the mobile court found him under section 34 (b) of the Wildlife (Conservation and Security) Act, 2012.
Mentioning that the arrested person is a member of the international wild animal smugglers racket, the officer said, "He procured these birds from Alikadam area in the Bandarban hill district with the intention of smuggling those to India."