MAKWANPUR: Police have arrested three individuals with the scales of a pangolin in the district.
The arrested have been identified as 39-year-old Amik Ghalan of Manahari Rural Municipality-7, 32-year-old Lal Singh Bomjan of Hetauda Sub Metropolitan City and Budhawa Chaudhary, 45, of Rapti Municipality-7 of Chitwan.
A police team deployed from Area Police Office, Manahari arrested the trio in possession of scales of an endangered pangolin.
The police seized 650 grams of pangolin scales concealed in a bag during a security check.
They have been sent to the Division Forest Office, Rapti for necessary action, said District Police Office, Makwanpur.
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