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Assam Rifles, Mizoram forest officials seize 64 kg of pangolin scales worth Rs 64 lakh; two arrested

Assam Rifles, Mizoram forest officials seize 64 kg of pangolin scales worth Rs 64 lakh; two arrested


Guwahati: The Assam Rifles along with the officials of the Mizoram Forest Department, recovered 64 kg of Indian pangolin scales, worth Rs 64 lakh. Two people arrested were arrested.

A defence spokesman said that the Assam Rifles, along with the Forest Department, recovered the scales of the Indian pangolin (Manis Crassicaudata) and apprehended two individuals near Crossing Point Three, Zokhawthar, in Mizoram’s Champhai district on Sunday.

The spokesman said that acting on specific intelligence inputs, an ambush was launched by the paramilitary troops along with officials of the Forest Department, at Zokhawthar along the India-Myanmar border.

During the operation, the joint team intercepted two individuals attempting to smuggle the pangolin scales, packed in five cartons, to neighbouring Myanmar. The individuals were challenged to stop, and a spot check was conducted in the presence of two independent witnesses and Forest Department officials.

The apprehended individuals were identified as Rosiamliana and Nazarene Thanga, both residents of Zokhawthar. The seized wildlife contraband and the apprehended individuals were handed over to the Forest Department for further investigation and legal proceedings.



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