Tag: Online Pangolin Trade

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2 more arrested in Odisha for smuggling pangolins

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 […]

  • Thursday, 22 April 2021
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Pangolin Smuggling Racket: 3 Including Kingpin Arrested In Odisha

Bhubaneswar: In a major breakthrough in the pangolin smuggling racket, Athagarh Forest officials arrested three persons including kingpin Ali from Naraj area in Cuttack district on Friday. Athagarh DFO SasmitaLenka informed that Ali was nabbed based on crucial information elicited during interrogation of a Divyang accused, who was recently arrested from Naraj in connection with […]

  • Tuesday, 20 April 2021
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Pangolin Smuggling: PCCF Seeks Crime Branch Probe

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 […]

  • Tuesday, 20 April 2021
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