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Sri Lanka: Sri Lanka Navy has arrested 10 Indian fishermen from Tamil Nadu for allegedly breaching the International Maritime Boundary Line (IMBL) and illegally fishing in Sri Lankan waters.Naval personnel attached to the Northern Naval Command, during a patrol conducted in the north western sea area of the Delft…
Read updateBangladesh: Law enforcers have seized a large haul of wild animal hides, including leopard, deer and snake, from a shop in the capital's Paribagh. The Forest Department's Wildlife Crime Control Unit (WCCU) conducted the raid on the store -- Craft Corner -- at the DIT Super Market on Monday. A Rapid Action Battalion…
Read updateIndia: Over 29,000 paintbrushes made of mongoose fur were seized in the state on Thursday under Operation Clean Art carried out by the forest department along with the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB) and volunteers of a city-based NGO. The authorities had got information that paintbrushes made from the fur of…
Read updateNepal: Two people were arrested with a leopard hide from Musikot Municipality-7 in Rukum West. The arrestees have been identified as Chhaya BK also known as Arjun (21) of Puthauttarganga Rural municipality-14 in Rukum East and Ganesh Nepali (19), of Ghorahi Sub Metropolitan City-12 in Dang, informed Deputy…
Read updateIndia: The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) on Saturday held two people at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport for smuggling 43 kilogram of red sandalwood. The two passengers, Vishal and Ankit Kumar, were supposed to travel in a Hong Kong bound Air India flight. They were held after the CISF…
Read updateIndia: Indian softshell turtle is considered to be vulnerable because of multiple threats to its survival such as loss of habitat, poaching and illegal trade. (Image used for representation)(HT photo) In a joint operation by the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau and the state forest department, 90 softshell turtles were…
Read updateIndia: Custom officials seized exotic pythons and lizards at Chennai international airport on Thursday. The officials arrested two persons in a case of smuggling after they recovered the exotic reptiles from their possession. The Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) of Chennai Customs on Thursday, noticed two male passenger…
Read updateBangladesh: The elite police unit raided Samrat’s office in Kakrail and homes at Shantinagar and Mohakhali DOHS in the capital. He was jailed after the law enforcers found two hide skins of kangaroos at his office, RAB Executive Magistrate Sarwoer Alam said. An operation was under way on Arman’s home at Mirpur as…
Read updateIndia: CISF personnel have apprehended a man and seized 49 kg of peacock feather from a Hong Kong-bound passenger at the Delhi airport, a senior official said on Thursday. He said Naseer Ansari (39) was intercepted at the Indira Gandhi International Airport on Wednesday with three large bags containing peacock…
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