Suspected poaching 'recce' team nabbed

GUWAHATI: Busting an inter-state rhino poaching racket, Assam Police nabbed three persons from a passenger bus on Saturday night at Jorabat area on the outskirts of the city. Suspected to be a member of a 'recce' team, the three were allegedly on their way to Imphal.
Two of the alleged poachers, James Lein Khong and Jambakhon Lun, hail from Imphal and the other alleged poacher, Lambaik Lal, is from Aizwal.The trio was wanted by Nagaon's Jakhalabandha Police in a previous case of rhino poaching.
"With constant vigilance over local racketeers, the inter-state poaching rackets run by Nagaland, Manipur and Mizoram nowadays mostly send their agents to do 'recce' on ground at the Kaziranga National Park (KNP)," said police sources.
A park official said, "A rhino was rcently killed at a spot which is not easily accessible. The poachers might have trailed the rhino to that spot after a recce."