286 smuggled pet birds seized in city
The Forest Department yesterday seized 286 birds of three species from a residence at Uttara in the city. Forrest officials said though the birds are pet ones, they seized the birds as those were smuggled in. The seized species -- Love Birds, Rose Ring Parakeet and Australian Parakeet -- were kept in 40 cases at a house of Kawsar Ahmed of Road-13 at Section-7 of Uttara. Forrest officials said the birds were smuggled by Pakistani national Mohammad Nomanuddin. He had been carrying out the illegal business in collaboration with one Bazlur Rahman.