Andaman & Nicobar Command posted on X about the development, stating, "Acting on specific intelligence received of likely poaching activity, HQ ANC enhanced surveillance in the Northern Andaman Sea. Joint patrols by ANC units led to apprehension of nine poachers onboard a dinghy with
A poachers' boat was discovered during a routine naval surveillance operation off Tillangchong Island in the Nicobar district of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Six poachers have been arrested by the authorities.
As per the plea, an SIT probe undertaken by the Maharashtra government has unearthed a vast network of professional poachers, smugglers, and hawala operators involved in the killing of tigers in Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra.
An armed poacher was killed in a fierce gun fight between security personnel and a group of poachers in Assam's Kaziranga National Park & Tiger Reserve, according to a release statement.
The Nagaon District Magistrate in Assam on Sunday issued an order to initiate a magistrate inquiry into the killing of two suspected poachers in Laokhowa Wildlife Sanctuary under the jurisdiction of Juria police station.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday directed the Chief Secretary of the state to immediately launch an inquiry to investigate the killing of two suspected poachers at Laokhowa Wildlife Sanctuary.
In a significant operation jointly executed by the Kaziranga National Park, Bokakhat Police, Jorhat Forest Division and Jorhat Police, a group of rhino poachers have been apprehended.
Two forest department staffers were injured when poachers fired at them in Odisha's Balasore district late on Monday, police officials said. The two poachers were arrested.
Three leopard cubs that were found in a sugarcane field near Mysuru in Karnataka on Thursday have been handed over to the forest department, officials said on Friday.
The three alleged wildlife poachers against whom a prosecution complaint was filed in a special court here were involved in the trading of Leopard skin and wildlife organs, the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) said on Thursday.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed a prosecution complaint against three alleged wildlife poachers under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002, in a special court here, officials said on Thursday.