Two poachers arrested; deer meat, gun seized

Two poachers have been arrested and a gun, some explosives, deer meat and the carcass of a spotted deer — an endangered species — seized from them at Thenbarugur forest area, a forest department official said on Saturday. Forest department ranger Murugesan said the duo was nabbed on Friday by a patrol, who found them moving about suspiciously. An unlicensed gun, two sickles, powdered explosives, the carcass of a two-year-old spotted deer and 25kg of deer meat were recovered from them, he said.