Guwahati, Jun 20 (PTI) Around 10 kg of tiger bones and 500 kg of pangolin scales, worth crores of rupees, were seized from Lokapriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport here in the past few days, forest officials said today.
Custom department's sleuths seized a consignment of over 300 kg of pangolin scales last night, they said.
On June 17, two bags containing ten kg of tiger bones and nearly 200 kg of pangolin scales were seized from the airport, they said, adding two persons have been arrested in this connection.
Both the consignments were meant to be sent to West Imphal via Dimapur.
The value of pangolin scale is estimated to be around Rs 70,000 per kg, while ten gms of tiger bone fetches about USD 200 in the international market, customs department officials said.
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