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Nagaland link in horn trade
The Telegraph | Pullock Dutta | Jorhat, April 3:
Rhino horn dealers, allegedly working from Nagaland, continue to be a major threat for the rhinos in Assam, as they are regularly found supplying arms and ammunition to poachers in the state. Jorhat police apprehended two poachers — Bishnu Pegu and Nagen Pegu — while they were transporting a .303 rifle and ammunition to Kaziranga from the Teok area here.
The duo revealed during interrogation that the weapon was handed over to them by a horn trader from Nagaland. Rhino horns from Assam invariably land in Dimapur from where they head for the India-Myanmar border.
From there, they are smuggled to Myanmar through the border town of Moreh in Manipur. Once in Myanmar, the horn is transported to China, Vietnam and other Southeast Asian countries, where it is used to make various medicines.
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