Bhubaneswar, July 2 -- Two notorious interstate wild life traffickers were arrested near the Sunabeda Wildlife Sanctuary in Odisha's Nuapada district on Wednesday. They were found in possession of Royal Bengal Tiger skin when they were apprehended.

They were nabbed by the anti-poaching team of the Udanti-Sitanadi Tiger Reserve in Chhattisgarh. The accused were intercepted near Bhanupratappur village while allegedly smuggling tiger skin. The two arrested individuals reportedly hail from Maharashtra.

According to reports, the tigers were hunted in the Indravati-Abujhmad forest of Chhattisgarh. Based on a tip off, the anti-poaching team desingned plans to nab the poachers in the Udanti-Sitanadi Tiger Reserve area and successfully seized th...