Guwahati, 05 October (Hindustan Reporter). Guwahati's Jalukbari police have arrested three smugglers involved in animal smuggling. Police said that during an operation conducted on the basis of secret information in the early hours of Saturday, a truck (AS-26C-9024) carrying 20 cattle was seized near Jalukbari flyover located in Jalukbari police post area.
All the animals were being transported illegally in the truck to the cattle market in Meghalaya. Three animal smugglers have been arrested in this case. The arrested cattle smugglers have been identified as Nazrul Haq, Zaheerul Ali (22), Mainul Haq (28) and.
The police have registered an FIR in this regard under the Animal Act and are intensively interrogating the three arrested animal smugglers. It should be noted that despite strict animal laws being in force in the state, animal smuggling continues.