Tag: Wildlife Crime Control Bureau

Leopard Skin Seized By Wildlife Officials; 7 Arrested

Angul: Amid public unrest in Satkosia Tiger Reserve area following death of a woman of Hatibari village allegedly in an attack by recently-released tigress ‘Sundari’; the Odisha Forest department, in association with officials of the Wildlife Institute of India (WII), Wildlife Crime Control Bureau and National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has launched a review after […]

Bargarh: Wildlife Cell of Odisha Crime Branch today seized illegally exported wildlife products in Bargarh town during a joint operation with Wildlife Crime Control Bureau, New Delhi. As tweeted by Special DG of Crime Branch BK Sharma on his twitter handle, contraband wildlife products ivory, pangolin scales and bear nails were seized from three accused. […]

Bhubaneswar: Besides tigers and elephants, poaching and smuggling of pangolins in Odisha has now emerged as a big headache for the wildlife agencies in the country. Endangered wildlife species are under serious threat from several international racketeers especially from South East Asia, China, European Union as well as the Middle East. Usually, the racket is […]

Bhubaneswar: One person has been arrested from Jajpur district for allegedly trying to sell Deer antlers by on OLX website. The accused has been identified as Devi Prasanna Behera, a resident of Kotapur in Jajpur district. On getting information, a special team of the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau laid a trap and nabbed the accused […]

Cuttack: Tightening noose around the illegal smuggling and poaching of pangolins, two more persons were arrested from Tigiria area in Cuttack district today. With this, the total number of arrests made by the Forest department and the Special Task Force (STF) of Crime Branch has now reached 12. According to reports, pangolin scales and tusks […]

Athagarh: A team of Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB) today began investigation into smuggling of pangolins in the State and to ascertain if the racket has any international links. As many as 10 persons arrested on charges of smuggling pangolins in Athagarh area in the last few days were questioned during a marathon interrogation by […]

Bhubaneswar: Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (PCCF) and Chief Wildlife Warden (CWW) of Odisha, Hari Shankar Upadhyay has sought the intervention of Crime Branch of Odisha Police to investigate the pangolin smuggling racket in the State. In a letter to the Additional DG of Crime Branch, the PCCF requested the investigating agency to take up […]