Kathmandu, Feb 24 (PTI) Nepalese authorities have arrested a Chinese national and seized four pieces of tiger skin from his possession.
Gama Tumeng was arrested from the Tribhuvan International Airport here yesterday as he landed from a Thai Airline flight carrying four pieces of tiger skin, police said today.
Nepal has been used by international illegal wildlife traders as transit country for smuggling parts of endangered wildlife species including tigers brought from India and other third countries into Chinese market, they said.
Tiger parts have high demand in China''s black market as it is used for manufacturing traditional Chinese medicine.
