India: A wildlife smuggling racket was busted in Kapilash forest range with arrest of 3 poachers and seizure of huge quantity of wildlife products, Dhenkanal DFO informed today.
Three poachers, who were arrested by the forest officials, have been identified as Lakshmidhar Murmu, Lakshman Soren
India: Red Sanders Anti-Smuggling Task Force sleuths on Monday had seized 30 red sanders logs near the Seshachalam forests in Tirupati on Tuesday night. While fifteen smugglers managed to escape in the dark during the combing operations conducted by RSI Vasu and DRO Narasimha Rao under the orders of
Nepal: On December 6, Rupandehi police confiscated a rhino horn from New Kalash Hotel in Sukhanagar, Ward No. 8 of Butwal Sub Metropolis.
While confiscating the horn, Birendra Bahadur Singh, one of the smugglers, snatched a pistol from a policeman, opened fire and escaped the scene.
Rakesh Neup
India: Two rhino poachers were arrested in Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve on Sunday. Park director P Shivakumar said, “A group of four poachers entered the Kaziranga around 12.30 am on Sunday. Based on specific inputs, forest staffs from Biswanath wildlife divisi
Nepal: Police on Thursday apprehended five people from Swayambhu, Kimdol of Kathmandu Metropolitan City-15, on the charge of smuggling rhino horn.
Acting on a tip off, a special team of police deployed from the Metropolitan Police Crime Division (MPCD) held Rikesh Shakya, 41, Suresh Shakya, 35, and