Bovine smuggling bids foiled in J-K, 20 cattle rescued

Police have foiled bids to smuggle bovines to the Kashmir valley from Ramban district of Jammu and Kashmir and rescued 20 animals from two trucks as they arrested a suspected smuggler, police said Friday.

A police party intercepted two trucks on the highway at Nashri area Friday and rescued 16 bovines from one of the vehicles and 4 from the other, they said.

While one trucker managed to flee, the other one was arrested and a case registered, they said.