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Four men fined Rs 175,000 each

Four men arrested by Forest Department officials for hunting animals in the Rantemba Forest Reserve in Randenigala were each fined Rs 175,000 by the Teldeniya Magistrate Prasanna Liyanage and the weapons they used for hunting were also confiscated.

The suspects were from Minipe and Morayaya.

They were charged with possession of two muzzle loaders and being within the Randenigala Forest Reserve with the intention of hunting wild animals..

The forest officials on information that the suspects were in the habit of hunting animals in the forest reserve waited in ambush and nabbed them.

It was revealed that the suspects sold the meat of the animals they killed.

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