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- Forest officials in Surajpur, Chhattisgarh, arrested three inter-state traffickers who were trying to sell a tiger skin and pangolin parts, acting on a tip from the Madhya Pradesh Wildlife Crime Bureau.
- Officials posed as buyers, fixed a meeting, and caught the traffickers when they arrived with the items; a tiger skin, pangolin shells, and hunting weapons were recovered.
- The tiger skin is estimated to be five to six months old, and officials suspect it was being readied for sale at a high price.
- Forest officials believe a larger wildlife trafficking network may be behind this, and investigations are on to trace where the tiger was poached and how the skin reached the area.
What to watch next
- Investigation into where the tiger was poached and the route the skin took to reach Surajpur
- Efforts to trace the backward and forward links of the syndicate and the intended buyer
- Possibility of further arrests or a larger trafficking network being uncovered
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