Three arrested with tiger skins and organs along Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border
Guwahati, Jun 10 (IBNS): The Wildlife Crime Control Bureau and the forest and police personnel of Assam and Arunachal arrested three animal organ traders along the Assam-Arunachal border on Sunday evening.
According to the reports, based on intelligence input, the team of Wildlife Crime Control Bureau and police, forest personnel had intercepted a Hyundai EON car bearing registration number AR-09A-8046 at Jonai-Ruksin area and during the search operation they had recovered animal parts from the car which were wrapped in a plastic gunny bag.
The team had seized the dried skin and organs of a fully grown Royal Bengal tiger in possession from them.
The arrested persons were identified as Taying Joshi, Tajing Jomyong and Jobang Paro.
During interrogation, the arrested persons revealed that, they had brought the tiger skin and organs from a person in Tuting in Arunachal Pradesh’s Upper Siang district and carried it for selling.
They are now in the custody of Jonai police in Assam’s Dhemaji district, where they are being interrogated by police and forest officials.
(By Hemanta Kumar Nath, Guwahati)
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