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Passenger held with 100 spiders and exotic wild reptiles at Mumbai international airport
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....assenger held with 100 spiders and exotic wild reptiles at Mumbai international airport<BR>PTI News<BR>Dated:- 11-8-2025<BR>PTI<BR>Mumbai, Aug 11 (PTI) In the second incident of illegal exotic wildlif....
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....e trafficking in the last three days, an Indian citizen was intercepted by Customs officials at Mumbai airport on Monday for allegedly carrying 100 spiders, a dozen wild reptiles, and mammals in his l....
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....uggage. Around a hundred spider species like tarantulas were found stuffed inside biscuit boxes along with iguanas, meercats, turtles, skink, and other lizards in the luggage, an official said. The ....
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....passenger had landed at the airport from Bangkok. An expert team from RAWW (Resqink Association for Wildlife Welfare) assisted the authorities in safe handling, stabilisation and medical support of t....
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....he seized animals, an official said. The WCCB (Wildlife Crime Control Bureau) has ordered their deportation back to the country of origin as per the provisions of the Wildlife Protection Act and CITE....
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....S (Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species), the official added. On Friday, a passenger, who arrived from Bangkok, was apprehended at the airport for allegedly smuggling 54 exotic....
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.... animals, including species like Albino Red Eared Slider Turtles, Marmosets and Cuscus (a type of nocturnal marsupials). PTI ZA NSK<BR> News - Press release - PIB....