Four arrested for bid to sell ambergris
The Hindu
The Kankanady Police have arrested four persons on the charge of making an attempt to sell 2.2 kg of ambergris (commonly known as whale’s vomit), which is banned under the Wildlife Protection Act, worth ₹2.20 crore.
The police gave the names of the accused as M.A. Jabeer (35) of Bhagamandala in Kodagu district, V.P. Asir (36) of Kanhangad in Kerala, N. Sharief (32) also from Kanhangad and L.K. Shahbad (27) of Bhagamandala.
The police said in a release on Tuesday that the accused reportedly procured ambergris from a man in Calicut of Kerala. On a tip-off that the accused were trying to sell it at Jeppinamogaru in the city, the police carried out a raid and seized ambergris, on Saturday.
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