IMPHAL, Feb 24: Security forces arrested two persons in Manipur’s Tengnoupal district for allegedly smuggling 24 wild mountain goats from Myanmar, police said on Tuesday.
Acting on a tip-off, a team of security forces intercepted a four-wheeler at Tengnoupal town and recovered the 24 Ibex (wild mountain goats), a species of mountain goats protected under the Wildlife Protection Act, from the vehicle, a police statement said.
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The wild mountain goats were smuggled from Myanmar and taken to Pallel, it said.
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“The driver and the occupant of the vehicle, who were smuggling the exotic species have been arrested,” the statement said.
The arrested persons hail from Kakching and Thoubal districts. (PTI)
