Baripada: The Odisha Police has seized 23 illegal arms from various places in and around the Similipal Tiger Reserve (STR) in the last few months and arrested eight people in this connection, an official said Friday.
“A total of 23 illegal arms were seized and 14 cases registered at nine police stations,” SP (Mayurbhanj) S Sushree said.
The Mayurbhanj Police has been conducting raids inside the STR following the killing of two forest officials by armed poachers in May and June last year, she said.
Altogether, 259 illegal firearms and weapons have been seized so far, the SP said.
With the deployment of police personnel inside the tiger reserve, cases of poaching have gone down significantly, she added.
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