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India: Forest Officials arrested two members of a gang involved in smuggling wildlife articles in West Bengal’s Jalpaiguri. The forest range officials also seized 1.5 kilogram of elephant ivory, some foreign currency, coins, cough syrups, documents and ATM cards. Arrested men have been identified as Zulfikar Ansari…
Read updateIndia: The forest department has arrested one person and seized around 5 kg of pangolin scales, known for their aphrodisiac and medicinal values, on Sunday night. This is the second time this week that a pangolin smugglers has been arrested in Balaghat where pangolins are found in large numbers. Considered to be one…
Read updateIndia: An international smuggler of rare species of turtles has been arrested by the Madhya Pradesh forest department’s special task force (STF), the force’s officials said. A four-member STF team led by Ritesh Sirothia, STF (wildlife crime) in-charge, arrested Manivannan Murugesan from Chennai, brought him to Madhya…
Read updateIndia: In a crackdown on illegal bird hunters in the district, forest officials today arrested at least two poachers from Barang Reserve Forest area and seized two dead bats along with various tools used for trapping birds. The arrested poacher duo has been identified as Manoj Dehury and Rasanand Dehury of Amarakola…
Read updateIndia: Acting on a tip off, forest officials of the Jaldapara Forest Reserve on Thursday arrested one youth, Amit Chhetri, for allegedly killing a deer in the National park and enjoying a feast with its meat. The accused, who hails from the Beech Line area of the Ramjhora tea plantation, was produced in the…
Read updateNepal: A team deployed from the CIB to prevent, control and investigate crimes related to environment and wildlife held Bal Bahadur Biswakarma, 56, of Chitwan. He had been living in Bara recently. Superintendent of Police Jeevan Shrestha, CIB spokesperson, said the musk pods recovered from Biswakarma weighed 500…
Read updateIndia: Two person have been arrested with swamp deer antlers weighing 5.73 kg from Deramari chowk in Bihars Kishanganj district, officials said. The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) was tipped off that swamp deer (Barasingha) antlers are being smuggled into India from Nepal. DRI officials along with…
Read updateIndia: In a recent development, city police have seized an elephant tusk in Dispur, Guwahati and have arrested on man in this regard on Thursday. The man has been identified as Rafikul of Sonitpur who was trying to smuggle the tusk from his rented house in Panjabari to Ulubari. Police nabbed him in Dispur while he…
Read updateNepal: Smuggling of wildlife parts into India from Jhapa has gone up lately. However, Jhapa police has not shown interest in checking the illegal activity. . Wild animals are being killed in forests of Jhapa and Ilam, especially for their bones and skin.. India Seema Surkshya Bal arrested two Indian nationals in…
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