India: Kollam Gangi Reddy, wanted in a number of red sanders smuggling cases, was arrested by Interpol in Mauritius while he was trying to board a flight to Sri Lanka, according to information reaching police and Forest Department officials here.
A top Forest Department official in Hyderabad descri
Kolkata-India: Alarmed by frequent incidents of rhino poaching in north Bengal, the West Bengal government has decided to adopt a two-pronged approach to deal with the menace. First, the government intends to create a seven-member body with members drawn from the Sashastra Seema Bal, Border Security
Bangladesh: Members of Rapid Action Battalion arrested a member of an international syndicate of hide smugglers along with 14 hides of deer, one tiger hide and Tk 2 lakh fake currency notes at Ikri Bazar in Bhandaria of Pirojpur early Friday. The arrested was identified as Babul Matubbar, 50, of the
BENGALURU-India: Chennammanakere Achukattu police arrested a man and seized two elephant tusks from him. “On receiving a tip-off about a person trying to sell two elephant tusks, the police disguised as buyers approached Kumar and on verifying the tusks, seized the tusks and arrested him,” said
India: Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (Wildlife) A.V. Joseph on Friday took stock of the newly established Red Sanders Anti Smuggling Task Force (RSASTF) unit at the Forest Department complex at Kapilatheertham and reviewed works taken up at the facility.
During his interaction with RSASTF
