Inter-state wildlife smuggling racket busted in Odisha

The accused have been arrested and three tiger skins, tiger teeth were seized from them.

A joint team of Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB) and Odisha and Chhattisgarh forest departments busted an inter-state smuggling racket with the arrest of six people on Saturday. Based on reliable intelligence input, a central forest team, M Rampur Forest Range Officer Asit Das, and officials of Chhattisgarh Forest Department conducted a joint raid in Kalahandi district on Friday. They stopped a motorcycle at the Palam area and seized three tiger skins and tiger teeth from the vehicle.