The Municipal Police in Kochi arrested two persons with suspicion of Ambergris whales, whose possession and sale remains banned according to the laws on the protection of wild animals.
Other, 39, Saumithran, 38, both people of Puthuvype in Ernacula are arrested. Police Pallurutha charged the defendant of 1.20 kilograms of Ambergris’s suspicious whale.
The seized item, if it turned out to be Ambergris, would cost around 2 crore on the international market. After the agreement was completed, they were charged in transporting Ambergris for sale.
The suspect Ambergris was handed over to the forest officer for further proceedings.
A week ago, the city police made more seizures over one kilogram of suspicion of Ambergris from the West Kochi area. Two young people from Fort Kochi and Lakshadweep were arrested.
Published – August August 2025 20:33
