Dadeldhura, May 19: Police arrested two men in possession of four hides and bones of leopard from near Aayat bazaar in Amargadhi-3 today morning.

Police said that a joint team from Regional Police Investigation Bureau and the District Police Office (DPO), acting on a tip off, arrested Ram Bahadur Thapa Magar of and Kam Bahadur Rokka Magar both of Gakhet-7 in Dadeldhura.

Police confiscated four hides and eight kilograms bones of the animal from the arrestees.

DPO chief Bipin Karmacharya said preparations were underway to file a case against the arrestees under wildlife smuggling charge. RSS