Tiger skins and other wildlife products seized in India
Police in Uttar Pradesh, India, have arrested two men who were apparently attempting to smuggle 22 Tiger, Leopard and python skins to neighbouring Nepal, according to an AP report
2 Indians held with animal skins
Associated Press
16 April 2008
LUCKNOW, India (AP) — Indian authorities arrested two suspected smugglers who were trying to ship nearly two dozen tiger, leopard and python skins to neighboring Nepal, a forestry official said Wednesday.
Acting on a tip, police recovered 22 skins from the baggage of a retired Indian army soldier and a civilian accomplice on Monday in Pratapgarh, a town 95 miles southeast of Lucknow, the capital of Uttar Pradesh state, said A. P. Sinha, a district forest official.
Uttar Pradesh state borders Nepal and is often used as a transit point by smugglers.
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