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SSB seizes rhino horn worth Rs 1.80 cr

Kishanganj, Jun 29 (UNI) A member of an international gang of smugglers was arrested and a rhino horn worth Rs 1.80 crore seized from him in the Indo-Nepal bordering areas of the district today. Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) Commandant R S Rawat said jawans arrested the smuggler when he was loitering around Galgalia bus stand in the district.
He said a rhino horn was recovered during frisking him.The nabbed smuggler confessed to his crime during his interrogation admitting that he was carrying the horn from West Bengal.
An intensive interrogation of the smuggler is on to get vital clues from him.Rhino horns are much in demand in the international market and smugglers and poachers are quite active in the Indo-Nepal bordering areas, a senior forest officer added.
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