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Assam Rifles nabs elephant poacher with arms in Nagaland

| @indiablooms | Jun 01, 2018, at 12:45 pm

Guwahati, May 30 (IBNS): The troops of Assam Rifles apprehended one elephant poacher along with illegal arms in Nagaland on Wednesday.

The Wokha battalion of Assam Rifles under the aegis of HQ IGAR(North) conducted a  search operation at Meshangpen, Sanis Wokha district and during the search Assam Rifles troops apprehended one elephant poacher along with illegal arms and ammunition.

The nabbed poacher was identified as Nchumbemo Jami and security personnel recovered one 303 Rifle with magazine, five live cartridge of 303 and one mobile phone from him.

The poacher was handed over to Sanis Police Station.

An FIR has also been lodged in Sanis Police Station.


(Reporting by Hemanta Kumar Nath) 

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