Excelsior Correspondent
SUNDERBANI, Mar 3: The police foiled two different bovine smuggling bids rescuing four animals from the clutches of smugglers.
Police said that in the intervening night of Wednesday and Thursday, police team from Kalakote established a naka at Dhyala, on Kalakote- Rajouri road and a vehicle JK11D 8214 was signalled to stop. However, driver of this vehicle abandoned it at some distance and escaped from there after jumping out from the vehicle.
During checking two bovines were found loaded in the vehicle that were rescued and the vehicle seized.
In another case, Tata Mobile with registration number JK11F/ 3203 was intercepted by police team of Nowshera and two bovines being smuggled in the vehicle were rescued.
Driver Sajid Ahmed, son of Mohammad Azam, resident of Thalka in Nowshera and his associate Yasir Khurshid, resident of Thanamandi have been arrested, whereas , the vehicle has been seized and a case under relevant section of law registered against them.