Assam: Forest department seizes rhino horns, elephant tusks, tiger bones; five arrested

Guwahati: The forest department in Assam has seized a huge cache of smuggled animal body parts from the Manas National Park and arrested five suspected poachers on Friday.

The seizer made by the forest department has recovered rhino horns, elephant tusks, and tiger bones by the rangers and officials of the Manas National Park.

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A case also has been registered against the accused in this regard under the Wildlife Protection Act.

Praising the efforts of the forest department Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma called the operation a “first-of-its-kind intel-based operation” and said, “In a first-of-its-kind intel-based operation carried out by the Forest Department, a huge cache of banned wildlife articles including a rhino horn were recovered in an operation in Manas. Arrests of poachers have also been made in this connection. Well done.” (ANI) 

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