Police have arrested three Bhutanese national in West Bengal’s Jalpaiguri district with a rhino horn and an elephant tusk.
Acting on a tip-off, forest officials conducted a search operation in Dooars area on Saturday and arrested the suspected smugglers along with the rhino horn and the elephant tusk.
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Police officials said the seized rhino horns and elephant tusks were to be sold in Nepal for Rs 50 lakh.
“We found a bag containing a rhino horn weighing 1,030 grams and an elephant tusk weighing around 500 grams,” forest official Sanjay Dutta told reporters.