A person who was hunting with an illegal firearm in a state-owned livestock farm pleaded guilty when he was produced before Nikaweratiya Magistrate Sasika Lakmali Dissanayake, recently. The Magistrate had then fined the suspect Rs.10,000.
The accused is a resident of Kobeigane in Kurunegala. Nikaweratiya Wildlife officer I.M.G. Seneviratne had made the arrest.
Wildlife officials in Nikaweratiya had apprehended about 318 poachers hunting in forest reserves during the past ten months, Seneviratne said.
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