2 endangered Phayre's Leaf Monkey infants rescued in Ctg, trafficker held
Karnaphuli police have arrested a wildlife trafficker with two endangered Phayre's Leaf Monkey infants in Chattogram on Monday night.
The arrestee is Rasel Chowdhury, 45. He is a supervisor of SI Enterprise bus running on the Naogaon-Cox's Bazar route.
Md Jahir Hossain, officer-in-charge of Karnaphuli Police Station told The Daily Star, "During our regular patrol duties, police intercepted a bus coming from Cox's Bazar on Monday night and found two Phayre's Leaf monkey infants inside a bag. We seized the animals and detained the bus supervisor.
After confirming the wildlife species, police filed a case against him last night under the Wildlife Smuggling Act, the OC said today.
"We informed the forest officials to take care of the monkeys."
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