Two persons were arrested on a charge of hunting a rabbit and a civet in the early hours of Sunday. The carcasses of the rabbit and the civet were seized from them.
The arrested were A. Donald (25) and a 19-year-old boy from Renganathapuram near NGO Colony here.
When a special police surveillance team intercepted an autorikshaw on Karur-Dindigul Highway near Sri VazhikattiVinayagar Temple, auto driver Gnanaprakasam left the vehicle and ran away from the spot. The police nabbed the two occupants of the auto who were carrying a bag containing carcasses of the wild animals. After preliminary investigation, they found that the duo used traps to hunt the animals.
A single-barrel gun, 12 bullets, a trap and a battery with charger were seized from them. Later, they alerted Forest Department officials,.
The forest officials found that the poachers set a trap and hunted wild animals in a field at Chettinayakkanpatti village near the Collectorate.
