KATHMANDU: Four Nepalese were arrested here for allegedly trying to smuggle skin of a Red Panda, an endangered animal found in the Nepal Himalayas. Acting on tip off, a special team of Kathmandu Metropolitan Circle police nabbed the smugglers during a raid at a guest house at Gaushala near the Pashupatinath temple, police said.The accused were caught red-handed while trading the skin, police said. The skin has been recovered from their possession, they said.
Legal action has been initiated against them in the court, police said.
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Four Nepalese were today arrested here for allegedly trying to smuggle skin of a Red Panda, an endangered animal found in the Nepal Himalayas.
Acting on tip off, a special team of Kathmandu Metropolitan Circle police nabbed the smugglers during a raid at a guest house at Gaushala near the Pashupatinath temple, police said.
The accused were caught red-handed while trading the skin, police said. The skin has been recovered from their possession, they said.
Legal action has been initiated against them in the court.
