India News | Smuggler Arrested for Possession of Rare Pangolin Species

Gariyaband (Chhattisgarh) [India], June 28 (ANI): A smuggler was arrested on Saturday for allegedly possessing a rare species of pangolin in Gariyaband district.

The police received a tip-off that a resident of Nuapada district in Odisha was waiting for customers to sell a rare species of Pangolin near Kulhadighat village located in Mainpur Tehsil on June 26, as per the release.

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A team of Mainpur police reached the spot and arrested the accused of illegally possessing the pangolin.

An FIR has been lodged under the relevant sections of the IPC.

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Further investigation is underway. (ANI)

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