KATHMANDU, May 17: Police have arrested three people with a rhino horn from Steel Tower of Lalitpur Metropolitan City-4 in Lalitpur district.

They were held in possession of a rhino horn weighing 297 milligrams.

The arrested ones are Roshan Ghimire, 28, and Yuwaraj Ghimire, 24, of Bhawanipur of Rapti Municipality-5 in Chitwan district and temporarily living at Ekantakuna and Birendra Tamang, 28, of Rorang Rural Municipality-2 in Dhading district and temporarily living in Naya Bazar, Kathmandu.

Police nabbed them on a tip-off that they were smuggling the rhino horn parts, according to the Police Headquarters, Naxal. The arrested ones have been sent to the Division Forest Office at Godawari in Lalitpur for further investigation into the case, police said.

 
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