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Trichy Customs arrest passenger for smuggling 48 exotic wildlife species
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
In a major wildlife smuggling bust, Trichy Customs arrested a passenger with 48 rare exotic animals hidden in check-in baggage.
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Israel: Attempt to smuggle 200 animals from Thailand thwarted
Updated : 6 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Customs inspectors at Ben Gurion Airport, in cooperation with the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security and the Nature and Parks Authority, thwarted an attempt to smuggle from Thailand about 200 animals of various species, including turtles, snakes, lizards, frogs, and crabs.
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DRI Nagpur seizes leopard skin trophy in Bhopal; 3 arrested in wildlife sm
Updated : 6 months, 3 weeks ago IST
In a major strike against the illegal wildlife trade, the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI), Nagpur Regional Unit, under the Mumbai Zonal Unit, seized one leopard skin with head (in trophy form) in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh.
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Mumbai customs foil wildlife smuggling attempt at Chhatrapati Shivaji airp
Updated : 9 months, 3 weeks ago IST
According to the Mumbai Customs, the officers recovered Albino Red-eared Slider turtles, Marmosets, and Kinkajou from one passenger returning from Bangkok.
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Delhi: Customs intercepts exotic wildlife smuggling at IGI Airport
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
Customs at IGI Airport New Delhi on Sunday intercepted three Indian national passengers (male) from Flight AI 303 (BKK to DEL) around 01:35 AM and recovered illegal exotic wildlife from their checked-in baggage, according to information from customs.
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J-K: Wildlife smuggling bid foiled in Udhampur; 20 parrots rescued
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
During a special naka operation, officials recovered 20 parrots from a smuggler who was on his way from Jammu to Srinagar.
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Uttarakhand: Wildlife smuggler nabbed with 2 leopard skins in Uttarkashi
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
Taking to its social media handle, Uttarkashi Police posted on X, "Major action by Uttarkashi Police on wildlife smuggling. A joint team of SOG, Purola police station and WCCB arrested a smuggler smuggling leopard skin. 2 skins were recovered."
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Major wildlife smuggling attempt foiled: DRI seizes 306 live exotic animal
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
“Among the confiscated animals were rare species of Turtles, including the Yellow Spotted Turtle, Albino Red Eared Slider Turtle, Asian/Chinese Leaf Turtle, and Red Bellied Short Head Turtle. In addition, Tortoises like the Greek Tortoise, Red-footed tortoise, and Asian Spurred Tortoise were
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BSF rescues 140 parrots from clutches of smugglers on India-Bangladesh bor
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 14 (ANI): The Border Security Force (BSF) has rescued 140 green parrots from clutches of smugglers and foiled wildlife smuggling along the Indo-Bangladesh border.
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