India: Police on the basis of reliable input, carried out raid at Panchali area and recovered a full size rhino horn, a piece of elephant tusk, 19 grams heroin hidden in a box from the residence of one Meeraj Khan. Superintendent of Police Shwetank Mishra stated that the rhino horn and suspected
India: The Mumbai Police Crime Branch has arrested two persons with 4.1 kg of ambergris or whale vomit – used to make high-end perfumes and medicines. This is the third such incident in the last two weeks. Under the Wildlife Protection Act, it is illegal to buy or sell ambergris.
Acting on a tip-o
India: The forest department, along with the wildlife crime control bureau (WCCB), arrested one person for illegally smuggling and selling a bag of leopard claws and teeth at Delhi’s Kashmere inter-state bus terminus (ISBT) on Friday.
Aditya Madanpotra, deputy conservator of forests (north divisio
India: Two men were arrested from Rewari on Tuesday for allegedly selling genitals of male monitor lizards and jackals over the last four months through social media, in collaboration with a few astrologers in Delhi-NCR, to people with superstitious beliefs, the police said. The monitor lizard is a
India: led by Balangir DFO Sameer Satpathy on Monday night seized a leopard skin by conducting a raid on a house in Kansar village in Balangir district and arrested a person. The arrested accused was identified as Biswamitra Rana. Based on a tipoff about wildlife smuggling underway for the past few
