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25 tiger, leopard skins seized
in UP; 5 arrested

In two major raids, the Uttar Pradesh police on Saturday seized 25 skins of tigers and leopards and arrested five people, including two Nepali citizens from Kanpur and Lucknow.

A special task force team of the UP police arrested four persons, including two Nepali citizens, from Kooli Bazar area of Kanpur in the wee hours and seized 19 leopard and one tiger skins besides Rs 500,000 in cash, Director General of Police Mahesh Chandra Dwivedi told reporters.

He said a passport, a driving licence, a pistol and some live cartridges were also seized.

In the second haul, another STF team seized five leopard skins and ten leopard nails from a person in Lucknow, he said.

Diwedi said two of the skins were packed in stamped packets sent through courier from Bilaspur in Chattisgarh.

He said the Central Bureau of Investigation has been informed of the arrests.

PTI

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