Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, February 04:
A total of 48 bags of peacock feathers were seized from two trucks during checking at the 20 Assam Rifles post at Bongyang on the Imphal-Moreh route today at about 10 am.
Informing this, the post commander Major Abhishek Bharti, said that 30 bags were recovered from a Tata truck bearing registration number MN-01/7108 while another 18 bags were seized from another Tata truck bearing registration number MN04/8125 .
The driver of the first truck has been identified as Tomba Singh (45) while the driver of the second truck is identified as T Budhi (42) .
There were altogether 8 persons in the two vehicles, said the post commander, and added that the two vehicles were heading towards Moreh from Imphal when they were intercepted.
All the 8 persons along with the seized feathers have been handed over to the Tengnoupal Forest office, said Major Abhishek.
This is the second major seizure of wild life parts by the 20 Assam Rifles post at Bongyang in the last few days.
On January 30, 304 wild deer horns were confiscated from a bus headed towards Moreh from Imphal.
Earlier on September 9 last year AR troops had also confiscated 1850 Kgs of deer antlers.