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2 poachers held, rhino horn found

By The Assam Tribune

TEZPUR, Jan 13 (PTI): Two poachers were arrested and a rhino horn seized from them in Assam's Sonitpur district today.

Acting on a tip-off, police arrested the duo while they got off a bus at Sootea and seized the rhino horn from their possession, police said.

The duo were identified as Safiqul Islam and Rafiqul Alom - both travelling from Laluk in neighbouring Lakhimpur district.

The horn, weighing 800 grams and worth Rs 50 lakhs, was later handed over to the forest department.

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