Police have arrested three persons with a rhino horn from Steel Tower in Lalitpur Metropolitan city-4 of Lalitpur district. The arrestees have been identified as Roshan Ghimire (28) and Yuwaraj Ghimire (24) of Bhawanipur of Rapti Municipality-5 in Chitwan district and currently residing at Ekantakuna and Birendra Tamang (28) of Rorang Rural Municipality-2 in Dhading district and currently residing at Naya Bazar, Kathmandu. Acting on a tip-off, the trio were held with 297 milligrams of the horn, according to the Police Headquarters, Naxal.

They have been sent to the Division Forest Office at Godawari in Lalitpur for further investigation, police said.