NE insurgent groups involved in rhino poaching, illegal trade, one NSCN militant held

The incident came to light after a militant was arrested with a rhino horn in Nagaland.

Some militant groups in the North-Eastern region have links with rhino poaching and illegal rhino horn trades. It has once again come to light after security forces arrested a militant of the Isak-Muivah faction of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland or NSCN (IM) with a rhino horn in Nagaland.Security forces had arrested a militant of NSCN (IM) at Seitheke Basti in Nagaland’s Dimapur district. Based on specific information, troops of the army and Nagaland police had jointly launched an operation in the area and arrested the NSCN (IM) militant and recovered one rhino horn, three AK-47 rifles with four magazines, one point 22 rifles with magazine, 87 rounds of live ammunition in possession from him.