Undercover Rab men nab wildlife traders

Saturday, August 11, 2012 An undercover Rapid Action Battalion team on Friday swooped on illegal wildlife traders in Durgapur of Netrokona, arresting three with arms and ammunitions and recovering a gecko, locally known as Takkhak.
Acting on a tip-off, the Rab-9 team led by Capt Towhidul Islam Chaklader, guised as buyers, approached the traders around 4:00pm, reports our Netrokona correspondent.
They arrested three traders red handed when they pointed a revolver at the Rab personnel demanding money after showing the gecko.
The arrestees are: Billal Hossain, 30, and Matin Rahman, 32, of Durgapur and Abdur Rashid, 31, of Purba Dhola upazila in the district.
The officers also seized one foreign revolver, a pipe gun and three rounds of ammunitions.