Kundapur, Jul 20: Two persons were nabbed by Kundapur police for illegal transportation of cattle in a lorry and seized 20 buffaloes from their possession in Udupi district on Saturday.
The arrested persons have been identified as Dinakar Nair (42) and Abdul Rashid (39), both residents of Kasargod.
The buffaloes were being illegally transported in a lorry towards Kasargod. Acting on a tip off from an anonymous caller, police personnel began inspecting vehicles plying on the route and seized the lorry near Hattiangadi in Kundapur taluk.
Suspecting that the buffaloes had been stolen from in and around Kundapur taluk, the police team arrested Dinakar Nair and Abdul Rashid, who were in the lorry.
According to the duo, they were transporting the cattle to Kasargod with the intention of selling them to butchers. The police also seized the cattle that were found inside the lorry bearing the registration number KL-14-J-251.
A case has been registered in Kundapur police station.
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