Three poachers held with deer meat in Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu: Three poachers were arrested and deer meat and a gun seized from them in Sathyamangalam forest in the district, police said.

A team of Special Task Force police personnel on patrol duty found three persons inside a parked car with 15 kgs of deer meat in Pudupeerkadavu forest area early this morning, they said.

They also recovered a gun and seven bullets from the trio, who admitted that they had poached the deer, police said.

The three, all belonging to neighbouring Salem District, were handed over to Sathyamangalam forest officials.