Red panda, leopard skins recovered from North Bengal, 3 arrested

Two red panda skins and one leopard skin were seized from three wildlife traffickers in North Bengal’s New Jalpaiguri on Tuesday, officials said. The three arrested accused are citizens of Nepal. "All three are habitual offenders. They...entered India with skins from Nepal and were going to...Bhutan where consignment was to be delivered for ₹30 lakh," a senior forest official said.