Guwahati: Assam police have foiled a major cattle smuggling bid in Jorabat on Sunday and arrested two persons in connection to it.
As many as six cattle heads were recovered from a vehicle that was used for its transportation.
Acting on specific inputs of a possible smuggling bid going down, a checking was set-up by the police officials in which they intercepted a vehicle loaded with cattle.
Apart from the cattle, police arrested the driver and the co-pilot of the vehicle. They were identified as Ahmed Ali and Matiur Hussain.
Police further informed that cattle-laden vehicle was coming from Mukalmua in the Nalbari district of Assam and was headed to Byrnihat when it was intercepted at Jorabat.