Sri Lanka, Oct. 31 -- A fine of Rs. 310,000 was imposed on a man by the Kahatagasdigiliya Magistrate's Court for setting up a trap gun allegedly intended to injure a wild elephant and for possessing an unlicensed firearm, the Department of Wildlife Conservation stated.

A team of wildlife officers led by Kahatagasdigiliya Wildlife Beat Office Site Assistant M.A.K.S. Dissanayake arrested the suspect on October 24 during a patrol along the boundary of the Kokebe Forest Reserve in the Kahatagasdigiliya Divisional Secretariat Division.

The trap gun was discovered set up on the boundary of private land, according to the department.

Wildlife officers produced the suspect and the seized firearm before the Kahatagasdigiliya Magistrate's Court o...