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Leopards are listed successful Schedule I of the Act, and the trade, sale, purchase, oregon possession of leopard tegument oregon immoderate portion of the carnal is strictly prohibited (Special arrangement)
THE PUNE Unit of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) connected Monday seized a leopard tegument from Akola territory of Maharashtra and arrested 3 persons who were trying to smuggle and commercialized the contraband wildlife item.
Based connected circumstantial quality that definite individuals based successful Akot successful Akola districtwere attempting to commercialized leopard skin, officers of DRI Pune portion maintained surveillance and intercepted the offenders aft a pursuit successful the wood country of Akot connected Monday.
Three individuals, 2 carriers and 1 mediator, were apprehended successful the action. The officers recovered 1 leopard tegument of dimensions 80 inches by 25 inches from their possession. The specimen was seized nether the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972. Leopards are listed successful Schedule I of the Act, and the trade, sale, purchase, oregon possession of leopard tegument oregon immoderate portion of the carnal is strictly prohibited.
The seized leopard tegument and the 3 apprehended individuals were handed implicit to the District Forest Division, Akola, for further probe nether the Wildlife Protection Act, DRI officials said. A probe was connected into the the suspects’ links, officials said.
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