India News | Five Held for Bid to Smuggle Pangolin

Alibaug, Jan 10 (PTI) Five persons were arrested from Raigad district of Maharashtra for allegedly trying to smuggle a pangolin, a Forest department official said on Monday.

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The accused were arrested from Tol village in Mahad tehsil on Tuesday. The pangolin was released in the forest in Mahad, he said,

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A case was registered under the Wildlife Protection Act. They were remanded in the custody of the Forest department by the local court.

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