Continuing the drive against cattle smuggling, the Assam Police foiled major cattle smuggling bid in separate incidents in Kamrup (Metropolitan) district on Monday.
The Sonapur Police carrying out an operation against the cattle smuggling intercepted two vehicles, bearing the registration number NL01 L 1401 and AS27 V 6564, carrying as many as 46 cattle heads of which 19 were found to be dead. The vehicles were coming from Tinsukia and Golaghat, sources informed.
The police apprehended three accused in connection with the incident.
In a separate incident, the Guwahati Police intercepted two vehicles and rescued five cattle heads.
The vehicles, bearing the registration number AS25 EC 2547 and AS25 DC 3958, were en route Noonmati from Jagiroad when the city police intercepted and rescued the cattle heads.
The police have launched a probe into the matter to nab the smugglers.
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