India: Police today arrested fifteen persons suspected to be involved in smuggling of red sandalwood at Chennamukkapalli in the district. Police seized 15 logs of the precious wood during the operation, said Mydukur (Rural) Circle Inspector Nagabhusanam. Police swooped on the men along KC canal when

India: The City Crime Investigation Bureau (CCIB) police arrested six persons in two separate cases for illegally trying to sell a wild owl alive and the skin of a leopard on Sunday. Police Commissioner T.G. Krishna Bhat told newsmen here on Monday that working on a tip-off, a CCIB team arrested two

India: Two snake charmers have been arrested and a rare red sand boa, four live cobras and a skull of a jackal recovered from them here, police said today. A team of Forest Department officials raided the homes of the two snake charmers yesterday at Mirukhedi village in Narsinghgarh here and recover

Nepal: Police said two persons were arrested in possession of two red panda hides from Jorpati, Gokarneshwor Municipality of Kathmandu. The suspects have been identified as 29-year-old Pritam Tamang of Balekhu-2 in Okhaldhunga district and 25-year-old Sambhav Waiba aka Deni of Tamajor-2 in Sindhuli