Six suspected cattle smugglers have been arrested and 61 bovines recovered in Kathua and Udhampur districts of Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday, officials said.
Based on a tip-off, a police party during checking on a highway in Tikri, Chenani and Salora in Udhampur district intercepted four vehicles on their way to Kashmir, they said.
Twenty-one bovine animals were found loaded into the vehicles and being smuggled to the valley, the officials said.
The accused — Mohmmad Sardar, Pervez Ahmed and Mohmmad Junaid — were arrested on the spot, they said.
Four cases were registered in this connection and further investigation is on, the officials said.
In Kathua district, police intercepted three trucks on a highway at Lakhanpur and rescued 40 bovine animals from three suspected smugglers on Tuesday, they said.
The animals were being smuggled to Kashmir from Punjab, they said.
A case has been registered and the investigation initiated, the officials added. ( PTI )
