Indian forest officials have seized 2 leopard skind and 2 elephant jaw bones from 2 Bhutanese nationals from Jaigon, reports The Telegraph

Bhutanese duo in forest net
The Telegraph
9 September 2008
 
Alipurduar, Sept. 9: Bengal forest officials today caught two Bhutanese nationals involved in cross-border smuggling of animal parts and seized three leopard skins and two elephant jaw bones from them.

The two men were arrested from Jaigaon, a town on the India-Bhutan border. This is the first time that anyone from Bhutan has been caught here for wildlife crimes.

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