Eight country-made guns, 400 gram of gunpowder, 14 gram of sulfur, a tiger trap, a noose, an axe, and animal parts. 

These items were in possession of poachers who were arrested in Jharkhand's Palamau Tiger Reserve in Jharkhand which has become a hub of poachers, investigations revealed.

In all eight poachers were sent to jail on Thursday, a day after they were arrested on Wednesday. Two suspected poachers were arrested from the reserve on Sunday. 

On interrogations, they provided by poachers two more were arrested on Monday, and one Sarfaraj Miyan, who used to supply explosives and gunpowder, was arrested on Tuesday.
 

The latest arrests were made from different parts of the reserve following the interrogation of Sarfaraj Miyan, the official said.

A search is on for 13 more poachers whom Sarfaraj Miyan has supplied gunpowder and explosives over the years, he said.

"The security of the reserve has been strengthened," PTR deputy director Prajesh Kant Jena said.