One person has been injured following a shootout between STF personnel and two poachers at the Udawalawe National park this morning (Oct 31).
Police Media Spokesperson SP Ruwan Gunasekara said that one poacher was injured and admitted to tthe Karapaitiya Teaching hospital.
Meanwhile, the T56 assault rifle that was in the possession of the poachers has been seized by the STF.
A Sri Lankan man was apprehended at Suvarnabhumi airport for attempting to smuggle wildlife out of the country after three ball pythons were found hidden in his underwear, the Bangkok post reported.
Read these and more on tomorrow’s edition of the Sunday Times
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