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India: Four men were arrested by Forest department officials for trying to illegally sell a sand boa snake on Wednesday. The arrest was made through a decoy operation which was set in motion after the Vigilance wing of the Prl. Chief Conservator of Forest (HoFF) received a complaint about the snake from reliable…
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Bengaluru: The north-east division police have nabbed four interstate miscreants involved in ambergris smuggling. Around 11 kg ambergris was seized from them. The arrested are identified as Mustafa, Nadeem, Yuvaraj and R Karunanidhi, all from Tamil Nadu and Karnataka and are into different unskilled jobs. Based on…
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India: DRI sleuths seized 5.69 tonnes of Red Sanders on Monday night near the toll gate at Pudurpandiyapuram at Sipcot area in Thoothukudi. The seized quantities of Red Sanders were found concealed under cotton bales in a container. (Source: The DT Next)
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India: Crime cases are on the rise in Madhya Pradesh these days. Now, in the recent case that has come to light, three accused caught along with a pangolin have been sent to jail. All the accused are said to be residents of Sivani and it is feared that the rare wild animal could have been sold by altogether. In the…
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India: Baleswar forest officials conducted a raid at and seized three elephant tusks and arrested five persons in this connection on Saturday. The arrested accused were identified as Banamali Sethi of village Mahulagadia under Oupada block, Sudarshan Mahara and Ajay Muduli of Khaira block in Baleswar district,…
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South Asia Wildlife Enforcement Network (SAWEN) organized a virtual training on 'Open Source Intelligence (OSINT)-Wildlife Crime' on 23-25 August 2021 with support of INTERPOL and USAID. More than 15 law enforcement officials representing from wildlife, police and wildlife crime control offices from five SAWEN member…
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The SAWEN Secretariat organized a virtual experience sharing program in participation of focal persons and representatives from the SAWEN member countries. The program was held virtually on 04 August 2021. Opening of the program, Deepak Kumar Kharal, PhD, Chief Enforcement Coordinator (CEC) of SAWEN highlighted…
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India: A police team led by sub-divisional police officer (SDPO) Dhakuakhana, Soumar Jyoti Bhuyan seized two elephant tusks from a house in Bahir Kapsan village in Lakhimpur district on Sunday. The owner of the house, Monu Doley and two suspected poachers, Bolin Kalita and Binod Yein, who were found to be in…
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India: Fourteen years after a tiger was killed in Dudhwa forest by a gang of poachers, two of its members were arrested on Sunday and two canines of the slain big cat were seized from them. Both were charged under the provisions of the Wildlife Protection Act and sent to jail . The tiger was poached by the ‘Lambu’…
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