The 13.7kg of venison and other deer parts, worth an estimated Tk40,000, were seized during a raid in Khulna’s Koyra Upazila this morning.
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22 October, 2026, 09:55 pm
Last modified: 22 October, 2026, 09:59 pm
The Coast Guard has seized 13.7kg of venison, along with a deer head, four legs and a skin, during a raid in the Sundarbans in Khulna's Koyra Upazila.
A team from Coast Guard Station Koyra conducted the operation around 8am today (22 October) near Singer Bandh in Golkhali, under Koyra police station, acting on a tip-off, according to a press release issued by Coast Guard media officer Lt Commander Sabbir Alam Suzan.
The seized items were valued at around Tk40,000 and handed over to the Kobadak Forest Patrol Outpost for further legal action, the release said.
The Coast Guard said it would continue such operations to prevent wildlife killing and trafficking.