Three arrested with tiger skin
18 May 2008, 0428 hrs IST,Mazhar Ali,TNN
CHANDRAPUR: In a major breakthrough against illegal trade of tiger skin, sleuths of the local crime branch (LCB) nabbed three persons from a premises near the bus stand during the wee hours on Saturday.
This was the third successful raid by the LCB in the last four days during. So far, they have arrested nine smugglers and have recovered four skins including one of a tiger and three of leopards.
Subhash Panse, PI and in-charge of LCB, informed scribes that they had got a tip-off from reliable sources that three persons will be reaching the Chandrapur bus stand with tiger skin in the wee hours on Saturday and accordingly, a trap was laid.
Around 3 am , three persons arrived at bus stop to catch the first bus, but fell to the LCB trap.
