Aizawl: A team of Assam Rifles and Mizoram Forest Department rescued four De Brazza’s monkeys during a jointed operation in Champhai on Tuesday.
According to a statement by the Assam Rifles, the monkeys were worth Rs 60 lakh in the international grey market.
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They were from Zokhawthar in east Mizoram’s Champhai district near the Indo-Myanmar border.
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The statement added, “Acting on intelligent inputs, Assam Rifles troopers launched an ambush in the area and intercepted a trafficker attempting to smuggle the exotic animals across the border.”
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A 40-year-old Myanmar national identified as Lalchhanhim was arrested for smuggling the exotic animals, it said.
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The statement added that both the accused and the rescued monkeys were handed over to the forest department in Champhai for further investigation and legal proceedings.