The Detective Branch of police yesterday rescued 11 endangered capped langurs and arrested three members of a wildlife trafficking ring in the capital's Jatrabari.

The arrestees are Emran Hossain, 28, Sohag, 39, and Asif, 23.

Acting on a tip-off, a team of DB's Wari division conducted a raid in the Matuail area at 8:50am, and arrested the three, said Talebur Rahman, deputy commissioner (media) of Dhaka Metropolitan Police.

The arrestees admitted to collecting the langurs from the hilly regions of Chattogram and attempted to smuggle them out of the country via the Satkhira border, the DC said.

Following their arrest, the accused were presented before a mobile court.

The executive magistrate sentenced Emran to jail for three months and fined him Tk 20,000. Sohag was jailed for 21 days and Asif for 15 days.

The rescued langurs have been handed over to the Forest Department, police said.