GUWAHATI, Sept 18 - Acting on intelligence inputs provided by the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau Guwahati, a joint operation was conducted by WCCB and Assam Forest department and a live Chinese pangolin was seized at Jagiroad last night and three persons were arrested.
The arrested persons have been identified as Simran Sultan, Niranjan Mandal and Dipon Malakar. The trio was trying to sell the pangolin at Rs 2 lakh.
A WCCB sleuth said they had been following the culprits for the last three month. �During the preliminary inquiry, it came to light that the arrested persons brought the live pangolin from Baithalansu village at Rs 40,000 and was trying to sell it to a person at Rs 2 lakh,� he said.
