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Three tonnes of sea cucumber worth Rs 1 crore seized in Tamil Nadu
3 Nov 2020
Sea
cucumber weighing three tonnes and meant to be smuggled to Sri Lanka
was seized from Vethalai near here on Tuesday, police said.
Two people were arrested in this connection.
Acting
on a tip-off, a team of police and forest personnel seized sea cucumber
weighing 3,000 kg and a van used to transport it from a farm in
Vethalai near Mandapam.
The value of the seized sea cucumber in the international market was over Rs 1 crore, officials said.
The sea cucumber is classified as endangered species and covered under the Wildlife Protection Act and their harvest prohibited.
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