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DRI seizes 781 Bengal Monitor Lizard Hemipenes, 19.6 kg soft corals near Nashik

The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI ) thwarted an attempt to traffic endangered wildlife species listed under Schedule-I of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972, near Nashik, Maharashtra. A team of DRI officers from Mumbai laid a trap for the traffickers. Despite the trafficker's evasive manoeuvres, including changing locations multiple times over nearly three hours, the officers managed to apprehend the individual in a tribal hamlet with challenging terrain.