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Wildlife products worth Rs 37cr seized at Siliguri Corridor
Updated On: 09 April, 2023 08:18 AM IST | Kolkata | Agencies
In terms of the value of products seized during the one year, the maximum was of smuggled forest trees, which accounted for Rs 13 crore
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Seized tiger skin and black buck antlers. PIC COURTESY/KOLKATA CUSTOMS
Smuggled wildlife products, including forest trees, worth Rs 37 crore were seized by different agencies from the Siliguri corridor of West Bengal during the last one year, as per statistics of the state forest department.
In terms of the value of products seized during the one year, the maximum was of smuggled forest trees, which accounted for Rs 13 crore. Besides forest trees, the other smuggled wildlife products seized include, pangolins, pangolin-skins, tiger and leopard cubs, tiger and bear skins, porcupine, rare species of geckos, snake venom, elephant tusks and rhinoceros horns among others. The majority of the seizures have been in areas falling under Belakoba range of the Baikunthapur forest division.
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