Chhattisgarh Police on Thursday arrested three persons including a woman for trying to sell wild boar tusks and pangolin scales totaling Rs 61 lakhs in Jashpur district.
Jashpur Superintendent of Police Vijay Agrawal identified them as Tara Bai, Pramod Kerketta and Niroj Tirkey, all from Jashpur district.
Police nabbed them at Korba Bahri village when they were looking for customers.The police seized two boar tusks valued at Rs 60 lakhs and pangolin scales worth Rs 1 lakh from them.
A case under the Wildlife Act has been lodged against them.