COX'S BAZAR, Jan 21, 2022 (BSS)- Members of Detective Branch of Cox's Bazar 
District Police rescued two bear cubs of endangered species from Chakaria 
upazila of the district last night.

Superintendent of Cox's Bazar Police Md Mahfuzul Islam said this at a press 
conference here this afternoon.

Being informed, a team of the police conducted a raid in Digar Pankhali area 
of Chakaria municipality around 9:30pm last night and rescued the two cubs 
from a house of Deepak Das, 32, son of late Sonaram Das of the area, he said.
 
The police team also arrested Deepak, a member of an international 
trafficking ring who captured the cubs to smuggle abroad, in this connection, 
the SP said, adding: "The cubs are approximately two months old and weigh 
over a kilogram each."

Mahfuzul Islam said police conducted the operation on the basis of 
information obtained from traffickers arrested from different places of the 
country.
 
A case was filed with Chakaria Police Station under the relevant law in this 
connection, he added.