Two arrested for transporting a baby sambur

Two men illegally transporting a baby sambur, a protected animal under the Wildlife Protection Act and prohibited to keep, were arrested at Manthottam in Damana last evening, police said.  

The suspects were between 20 and 25 years of age and residents of Akkaraipattu area. Police lay in ambush on a tip off from the public and arrested them.  The suspects are to be produced before Ampara magistrate today.