India: Forest officials in north Bengal seized large quantity of snake venom after the Crime Control Bureau of Bengal Forest Department unearthed a mega racket operating in and around Kolkata and North 24 Parganas district of the state.
One such incident came to light from the district of North 24 P
India: An elephant was shot dead by poachers near Ammatti in Kodagu district in the early hours of Monday. The 20-year-old animal was shot using a rifle from close range in a coffee plantation.
An official said the carcass of the animal was found at the plantation in the evening. It may have died of
India: As many as 4,000 tiny red-eared tortoises were caught by the customs officials at the city airport for the second time this month, when a passenger was trying to smuggle them from Malaysia to Chennai on Saturday night.
Customs officials said that on Saturday night during a routine passenger
India: Over 150 star tortoises were confiscated from the suitcase of a passenger at Chennai Central station on Tuesday. The man, however, managed to escape. Railway police sources said that he entered the concourse through the main entrance and was asked to place his suitcase at the baggage scanner.
Bangladesh: Detectives in a drive arrested six people along with a tiger skin in Koyra upazila of Khulna last night.
The arrestees were identified as Abul Kalam, 44, Sohrab, 42, Abdur Rab, 63, Jamal, 33, Masum Billah, 29, and Golam Rabbani, 24. They are all from Koyra.
Tipped off, a team of Detectiv
