Bhubaneswar, Feb 15: After a few days' break, two leopard skins were seized by forest officials in Odisha. This time, the tiger skins were seized from Thianal in the Kuchinda area of Sambalpur district.

The STF also arrested a person on the charge of carrying the tiger hides. The arrested has been identified as Sankirtan Munda.

According to the information, the STF nabbed Munda while he was attempting to sell out the skins. The STF is now trying to know the place where the tigers were killed and the person to whom the accused attempted to sell the skins.

Three days back, the STF had seized cheetah skin and a country gun from a person in the Daringbadi area of the Kandhamal district.   The arrestee was identified as Ranjan Pradhan of Gohibadi village. 

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