4 held with 50 snakes in Moulvibazar
Forest Department officials, in a drive on Wednesday night, held a Bangladesh-born British citizen and three snake charmers along with 50 various species of snakes in the town.
The arrestees were identified as UK citizen Babar Rahman, owner of a hotel in Moulvibazar municipality and son of late Monnaf Mia of the town, and three snake charmers M Shaheen Mia of Comilla, Shariful Islam Sumon and Matin Mia of Sunamganj district.
Being informed, a team of Forest Department, assisted by police raided Rezia Hotel at Shamsher Road and arrested the four at around 10pm.
The team recovered more than 50 snakes of various species kept in four specially-built boxes at the hotel.
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