While four men were nabbed with seven leopard pelts and bones in Kotdwar, police in Dehradun arrested three men with one leopard pelt on Tuesday night.
As part of checking conducted after reports of dubious persons in town and alert issued in view of Republic Day, the police halted a jeep near the Araghar T-junction late on Tuesday night.
An extensive search, which was carried out on their vehicle led to the discovery of one leopard pelt. All the three men in question, who hailed from Tharali area of Chamoli district, told the police that they had come to Dehradun looking to sell the leopard pelt.