Bokakhat police on Sunday arrested a suspected rhino horn smuggler from ward no 4 of the town.
The arrested person has been identified as Bipin Bora.
Police sources said acting on a tip off a team of Bokakhat police raided the house of Bora and recovered the rhino horn during the raid.
Preliminary investigation revealed that the horn was fake, said a police official.
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