The Metropolis Crime Department (CCB) of Bengaluru police arrested 4 individuals for allegedly attempting to promote objects that had been manufactured from elephant ivory. The cops recovered the ivory materials of seven.5 kilograms from the accused and seized all of the supplies.
Other than ivory, the cops additionally recovered varied articles which are made utilizing the physique components of wildlife species. In a tweet, the official deal with of the CCB division stated, “Primarily based on data acquired, the CCB police squad arrested 04 individuals who tried to promote articles manufactured from elephant ivory inside Halasuru Gate PS limits and recovered 7.5 kilograms of ivory.”
Police additionally discovered bracelets, door handles and even strolling sticks which are created from varied species’ physique components. “A bracelet, packing containers, door handles, irregular art work, a knife manufactured from deer, amber containing a scorpion, strolling sticks, elephant idols and different valuables had been seized from the accused,” stated one other tweet.
In August this yr, customs officers in Kempegowda Worldwide Airport at Bengaluru rescued sixty Indian star tortoises which had been stuffed in a check-in bag. All of the threatened species had been reportedly supposed to achieve Bangkok from Bengaluru and customs sleuths arrested the accused for alleged involvement in smuggling. Reptiles have frequently been smuggled to Bangkok because the demand for Indian reptiles has skyrocketed in Southeast Asian nations.