One held for possessing deer meat

Erode: A man found in possession of deer meat has been arrested, police said. A police team had stopped a car at Mamarattupalayam check post but the driver gave them the slip.

On checking the car, they found the skull of a deer, four chopped legs of a deer and some deer meat, totally weighingfive kg. Police seized the meat and arrested one Kandasamy who was travelling in the car.

Kandasamy told officials that he and the driver had purchased the meat from a person in Sathyamangalam forest.