Forest and Police officials arrested a poacher and a middleman and recovered three blackbuck skin and snaring equipment from them at Ranebennur in Haveri district.
Another accused escaped. Officials found that the accused were fixing nets and using a trained dog to chase blackbuck into the nets. They were also tapping power illegally. A formal complaint has been filed with the local HESCOM officer, a police officer said.
A case has been registered.
