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Five held with rhino horn

By Staff Reporter

GUWAHATI, Aug 24 - In a joint drive, City Police and CID personnel busted a rhino horn syndicate and seized a horn late last night. Five persons were arrested in this connection from the Satgaon area.

The arrested persons are Md Babul Ali (Satgaon), Badrul Haq (Sonapur), Muzammil Ali (Chamota), Zehirul Ali (Sonapur) and Tafikur Rahman (Satgaon).

Police said that a rhino horn trader, Moinul Haq, had given the horn to Md Babul Ali for sale, and that Ali was negotiating with the other arrested persons when the police made the crackdown and arrested them.

The horn has been sent for forensic tests. The arrested men were produced in the court today.

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