wildlife trafficking

Kesinga: Forest department busted an inter-state wildlife trafficking racket with seizure of 3 tiger skins and one tooth and arrest of 4 persons in Kalahandi district. Acting on a tip-off, a central forest team, M. Rampur Forest Range…

Nayagarh: The STF of Odisha Police seized one leopard skin and two elephant ivory and arrested two persons in connection with wildlife trafficking in Nayagarh district. The accused persons have been identified as Ramesh Pratihari of…

Bargarh: Busting an illegal wildlife trade racket, the Special Task Force (STF) of Odisha Crime Branch today arrested three persons and seized a leopard skin and nails of wild animals from their possession near Bhatli Chhak in Baragarh…

Bhubaneswar: Busting a wildlife trafficking racket, the Special Task Force (STF) of Odisha Crime Branch yesterday seized a leopard skin and arrested a person in this connection near the Government ITI in Subarnapur district. Acting on…

Nayagarh: Odisha police arrested one person in connection with wildlife trafficking and seized two leopard skins and bones from his possession during raid in Nayagarh district. The arrested person has been identified as Laxmidhar Nayak…

Bhubaneswar: Continuing its crackdown on wildlife trafficking, the Special Task Force (STF) of Odisha Crime Branch seized skins of two leopards and two deer and nabbed two persons from a forest in Dasapalla police station area of Nayagarh…

Athagarh: Busting a wildlife trafficking racket, police arrested six smugglers from Suniamuha reserve forest under Khuntuni range of Athgarh forest division on charges of illegal trade of pangolin scales. Besides local middlemen,…

Angul: Forest officials today busted an illegal trafficking of wildlife with rescue of a pangolin and arrest of four persons in Angul district. The rescued pangolin weighs around 10 kg and its cost is estimated approximately Rs 2 lakh.…

Balasore: Busting a major wildlife racket, forest officials arrested five poachers from three separate places in Kuldiha Reserve Forest at Nilagiri of Balasore district today. The forest personnel also seized over 10 kg deer meat and two…

Baripada: The Crime Branch busted a wildlife trafficking with an arrest of four persons and rescue of two more pangolins in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district yesterday night. The accused were identified as Debendra Das from Balasore district,…