SMUGGLING EVERYWHERE- NEPAL

Four people in possession of tiger parts (Bones, palm and moustache) and four other with 800 grams of rhino horn have been arrested from Kathmandu. Police has also seized two trucks of illegally cut Sal (Shorea robusta) woods from Gulariya, Central Nepal; a tractor of such wood from Biratnagar, eastern Nepal and some wooden logs hidden inside sand from Dhading, Central Nepal. Further, 2,275 kg of betel nuts have been seized while being smuggled to India. Meanwhile, three officials of Banke Mahara forest in Mahottari District, Central Nepal have been suspended after the forest lost about 4000 cu. ft. of woods in last six months.
22, 25 February
The Himalayan Times and Kantipur