Inter-state pangolin smuggling racket busted in Odisha, two held

Sundargarh: Odisha forest department busted an inter-state pangolin smuggling racket here this morning with arrest of two persons.

The officials of Lephripara range under Sundargarh Forest division rescued a giant pangolin and a vehicle through which the rare species was being smuggled.

According to reports, the forest officials nabbed two persons at Deuli in Sundargarh district while they were smuggling the pangolin in an SUV to the neighbouring Chhattisgarh on Saturday morning.