SURKHET: Eight muzzle loaders have been confiscated from various community forests at Bangad Kupinde Municipality-12 in Salyan district.

Three such guns were confiscated from the community forest at Siddhagupha, three from the Basneura community forest and two from the Dandasalley community forest at Triveni rural municipality-5, the District Police Office stated.

Police said that the guns might have been hidden for poaching wild animals. These homemade guns have been seized within a week.