Rare conches seized at trade fair, 4 held
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24/11/2009
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Times Of India (New Delhi)
Almost 400 conches worth several crores were seized from the ongoing Trade Fair on Sunday. Four people working with the Tamil Nadu and Orissa stalls were arrested in connection to the illegal trade under which the conches were being brought from the southern parts of the country to Delhi and sold for exorbitant amounts.
The raid was jointly carried out by Wildlife Crime Bureau, People For Animals (PFA) and Delhi Police. According to Saurabh Gupta, wildlife officer with PFA, the seized conches were highly endangered and some of them were even listed in Schedule-I of the Wildlife Protection Act.