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.
The seized products are covered in Schedule 1 of Wildlife Protection Act, 1972. A case has been registered and the three accused were arrested, added Sharma.
Two of the accused are natives of Chhattisgarh while the third is from Odisha who had come to Bargarh to sell the products.
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