India: The seized 39-inch sand boa weighs up to740 grams and is worth Rs 30 lakh. (HT File Photo)
Thane crime branch officials have, in the past week, arrested two people for alleged illegal trafficking of sand boa snake and one for smuggling elephant tusk.
While those accused of trafficking sand
India: Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested two persons for allegedly trafficking tiger parts and recovered two skins, skulls and other parts of the endangered animal from them.
Panna Lal Khatik, a resident of Siliguri in West Bengal, and Anil, hailing from Samalkha in Haryana, were ar
India: Forest officials Monday seized two Royal Bengal Tiger (RBT) hides and arrested a person while he was trying to sell them.
The accused was identified as Sundar Dhamra of Sargiguda village in Vejaguda panchayat under Mathili forest range in this district.
According to forest officials, the pr
India: Police seized around 400kg of red sanders from a house in Mannadi during a raid and arrested a man who was concealing the goods on Friday.
The raid was conducted after a tip about red sanders being kept in a house on Krishnan Kovil Street. The police team arrested Nawab Ali and have launched
India: The Tirupati police on Thursday raided some godowns in Pondur village in Sri Perambadur taluk of Kanchipuram district, near Chennai and seized 395 red sanders logs weighing around 9.5 tons.
According to Rayalaseema region Inspector General of Police, N Sridhar Rao, a team of Tirupati urba
