Three people were arrested and 19 animals rescued as the police foiled three bovine smuggling bids in Jammu and Kashmir's Udhampur and Samba districts today, an official said.
A vehicle was intercepted at Baltal Morh along the Jammu-Srinagar national highway while trying to smuggle the cattle out of Udhampur, the police official said.
Another load carrier carrying animals was intercepted at Rehambal-Tikri, he said.
Three men were arrested, he added.
In the third incident, police rescued cattle from a vehicle in Tapyal on the Lakhanpur-Jammu national highway.
The driver managed to flee while he was being chased, the police official said.
Three cases have been registered by the police.
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