In the intervention against smuggling the species of wild animals with a special working group (STF) Assam police recovered and confiscated 11 rare lizards Tokay Gecko and arrested three traders in Dibruugar District of Assam.
Every lizard tokay gecko, also known as KEKO SAAP, is said to have value £60 Lakh.
The dried gecko in China is popularly used as anti asthma and the drug against cancer. It is also used in space research.
Lizard £60 Lakh?
In a post on the Social Media Platform X Assam Police wrote: “ £60 Laky + for lizard? Not on our lessons. ”
“It operates on Intel from @wjcommission South Asia, @stfassam & @dibruugarhpolice saved 11 tokay gecks from people traders, 3 people were arrested and seized,” said Assam Police.
According to the Assam Police, based on specific information about the smuggling of Tokay Gecko lizard by some Miscreants in Dibruugarh, the Assam Police team continued to Dibruugarh on April 10 and April 11 after Dibruugar district.
“The STF team founded the Mohanbari trap in the Mohanbari area using the Dibruugarh District Police and the narrow operational and intelligence support for the wild justice, South Asia. (40), ”said Rajib Saikia, CPRO Assam Police.
“The team watched all the formalities and searched the red -Bar backpack bags found in their possession and saw 11 tokay geckos tied in the same number of nylon bags. The police team confiscated all 11 tokay gecko lizards in the presence of independent witnesses and observing all legal formalities,” CPro said.
During the interrogation, the accused revealed that they gathered and brought confiscated lizards Tokay Gecko from Arunacala Pradesh and “completed an agreement on the sale of each of Tokay Gecko for £1 Lakh, ”said CPRO.
He also said, “The species is protected under Annex 1 of the Act on the Protection of Wild Animals from 1972, which is the highest protection. The maximum punishment is seven years RI, a disgruntled and unreadable crime. Exports are completely prohibited.
(Tagstotranslate) smuggling wildlife
