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Gurugram, India: The Gurugram Police arrested a 27-year-old man from Rajasthan on Sunday for allegedly smuggling red sanders from Karnataka to Delhi via Gurugram in a cargo van. A crime branch team intercepted the van based on a tip-off from the Kundli-Manesar-Palwal (KMP) Expressway but the driver managed to escape…
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New Delhi, India: The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) arrested a Vietnamese national with prohibited red sandalwood weighing about 11.970 kg at the Indira Gandhi International Airport, Delhi. According to an official statement, at 9 PM based on behaviour detection, CISF surveillance and intelligence staff of…
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Mumbai, India: The Customs has seized seven exotic birds and three monkeys, smuggled alive from Thailand, at the Mumbai airport and detained two passengers, officials said on Saturday. Of the seven birds, three were found dead while unboxing the consignment while the survivors would be sent back to the East Asian…
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Amritsar, India: The Chamba (Himachal Pradesh) forest department has seized body parts of rare and valuable forest animals that were to be used in occult practices during the polling and ahead of the counting of votes in various places including Punjab following the arrest of four persons including two from Punjab.…
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Krishnagiri, India: The age-old banned practice of hunting wild animals for meat and other body parts continues to be popular in Sikkarimedu, a tribal settlement in Krishnagiri that has a majority population of Narikuravars. On Saturday, TNIE visited the tribal village along with Antony Rubin Clement, a member of the…
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Mizoram, India: Mizoram Police have successfully intercepted a smuggling operation, rescuing 24 exotic species, including 18 snakes, at Kanhmun village on the Mizoram-Tripura border, according to a police statement issued on Thursday. The operation led to the arrest of two Tripura residents involved in the illegal…
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Guwahati, India: A joint team of forest guards and Darrang police apprehended a rhino poacher on Friday night from the Orang National Park and Tiger Reserve, foiling his poaching attempt at the national park. Director of the national park told, "Based on an intelligent input the joint team of forest officials and…
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Nuapada, India: Forest Department officials on Sunday arrested a wildlife smuggler red-handed while he was selling a leopard skin. While five people have been arrested in this connection, two motorcycles and four mobile phones were seized from their possession. According to reports, acting on a tip-off, Forest…
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Erode, India: The mastermind behind a poaching gang was arrested from Karnataka by the Tamil Nadu forest department on Sunday in connection with the killing of an 18-year-old male elephant and poaching of its tusks at Thalavadi in Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve (STR) of Erode district. As per sources, on April 22,…
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