India, July 30 -- Three people were arrested and a tiger skin and pangolin scales were seized in Chhattisgarh's Surajpur district during a joint operation by the state forest department and the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB), officials said on Wednesday.

The operation was launched after the WCCB's Central Region unit in Bhopal alerted the Surajpur forest division on July 27 about the planned transportation and trafficking of wildlife contraband in the district.

Acting on the input, the divisional forest officer (DFO) of Surajpur constituted a joint team comprising the forest department's flying squad and WCCB officials. Based on specific intelligence, the team laid a trap and intercepted three suspects near Dharsedi Road at Baijna...