15 Sept 2022

Early morning on May 25, a Tata Sumo ‘maxi cab’ – an SUV commonly used for long distance travel across Mizoram – was stopped at the Khankawn police check gate in Champhai district. Suspicious to find the taxi empty given that passengers generally onboard at Champhai town, the cops interrogated the driver. According to the driver, the cab had been hired at Champhai by passengers who were supposed to board mid-route. Following the lead from the taxi driver, the police succeeded in intercepting one of the biggest consignments of live exotic animals seized in northeast India.

The seizure took place at Chalbawiha Junction near the check gate. Cops arrested Gospel Chanchintha, from Hmunlai in the Lawngtlai district, and his four accomplices from Zokhawthar in Champhai.

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