UNB: Officials of Forest Department recovered 30 kilograms of venison from a boat in Pashur River at Chila in Mongla upazila on Monday night.
Being tipped-off, a team of Forest Department conducted a drive in the area at night and challenged a boat, said Md Mahmudul Hasan, divisional forest officer (DFO) of Sundarbans East Zone.
Sensing danger, a four-member poaching gang fled the scene leaving the boat.
Later, the team recovered the venison hidden inside the boat.
The team has identified the poachers as residents of different villages in the upazila, said the official adding that necessary action would be taken against them.