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Attempt to sell pangolin scales: Govt. School Teacher held
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Attempt to sell pangolin scales: Govt. School Teacher held

November 21, 2024

1.05 kg pangolin scales, bike, electronic weighing machine, mobile phone seized Mysuru: The Forest Mobile Squad personnel have arrested a man who was attempting to sell pangolin scales and have seized 1.05 kg of pangolin scales, a yellow colour bag, Bajaj Discover bike (KA-12-K-3755), one electronic weighing machine and one mobile phone from him. The…

Attempt to sell jackal, civet cat pelts, monitor lizards: Forest personnel nab accused, recover five pelts, two live monitor lizards
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Attempt to sell jackal, civet cat pelts, monitor lizards: Forest personnel nab accused, recover five pelts, two live monitor lizards

October 17, 2021

Mysore/Mysuru: The Forest Mobile Squad personnel have arrested a person who was attempting to sell pelts of jackal, civet cat and two live monitor lizards and have recovered five pelts of the wild animals and two live monitor lizards from him. The accused has been identified as Yashwanth Rao (48), a resident of Shikaripura village…

Forest Mobile Squad nab four persons, recover pair of tusks
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Forest Mobile Squad nab four persons, recover pair of tusks

March 27, 2021

Mysore/Mysuru: The staff of Forest Mobile Squad have arrested four persons and seized a pair of tusks and four vehicles including three two-wheelers here yesterday. The arrested are identified as Ravikumar and Shivakumar of Tumbasoge village, Ashok of Salakoppalu village of Bettadapura hobli in Periyapatna taluk and Kumara Nayak of H.D. Kote.  They were nabbed…

City-bound carved ivory seized; three nabbed
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City-bound carved ivory seized; three nabbed

December 25, 2020

Probe on to identify workmen who engraved exquisite artefacts Mysore/Mysuru: In spite of its sacred status, the Asian elephant is not safe. And they are being killed every other day for the precious ivory. And despite ban, illegal ivory trade thrives.  Though the trade is carried out in a clandestine manner, hoodwinking the authorities, there…

Four arrested for attempting to sell Sand Boa snake
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Four arrested for attempting to sell Sand Boa snake

December 25, 2020

Mysore/Mysuru: The Forest Mobile Squad staff have arrested four persons on charges of trying to sell a Sand Boa snake by making the buyers believe that it was a two-headed snake and have rescued the snake besides seizing a Maruti van and three two-wheelers from them. The arrested are 32-year-old H. Kumar of Dadadapura village,…

Three arrested for attempting to sell Brown Fish Owl
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Three arrested for attempting to sell Brown Fish Owl

November 21, 2020

Mysore/Mysuru: The Forest Mobile Squad of Mysuru have arrested three persons for attempting to illegally sell a Brown Fish Owl, a rare species of the bird. The arrested have been identified as Kumar and Mohammad Rafi of Mandya and Rajesh of Maddur. Acting on a tip-off, the Squad arrested the three when they were attempting…

Man arrested for smuggling live tortoises, deer antlers
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Man arrested for smuggling live tortoises, deer antlers

September 20, 2020

Srirangapatna: Forest Mobile Squad personnel have arrested a person, who was illegally transporting two live tortoises and deer antlers and have handed over the accused to the Zonal Forest Officers. The arrested person is 38-year-old Madappa, a resident of Channahallibore village, near Mahadevapura in the taluk.  The accused was nabbed when he was transporting the…

Teak wood logs worth Rs. 8 lakh seized from Bannur saw mill
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Teak wood logs worth Rs. 8 lakh seized from Bannur saw mill

August 30, 2020

One arrested; Wood illegally transported from Chikkamagalur-Hassan region Mysore/Mysuru: The Forest Mobile Squad (Police) and T. Narasipur Range Forest officials, in a joint operation, have arrested one person on charges of transporting teak wood logs illegally from Chikkamagalur and Hassan side to a saw mill and have seized the teak wood logs worth about Rs….

Forest Mobile Squad rescues two endangered Slender Lorises
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Forest Mobile Squad rescues two endangered Slender Lorises

January 23, 2020

Three arrested  Mysuru/Mysore: The Mysuru Forest Mobile Squad personnel have arrested three persons who were trying to sell  the endangered Slender Loris, which are on the verge of extinction and rescued two live Slender Lorises from them. The arrested are Kiran, a resident of Hemmaragala in Nanjangud taluk, Manohar of Chamarajanagar and Siddaraju, a resident…

Two nabbed while trying to sell elephant tusk
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Two nabbed while trying to sell elephant tusk

October 26, 2019

Mysuru: Forest Mobile Squad arrested two persons while selling an elephant tusk. The accused are Suresh alias Kulla, a resident of Junglehaadi in Virajpet and Chethan, a resident of Kattekeri in Mandya.  Mobile squads sleuths, based on a tip-off, nabbed the duo near Anechowkur in Periyapatna and recovered a 20 kg tusk and a Tata…

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