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In a raid conducted astatine a backstage godown adjacent Pattinamkathan successful Ramanathapuram district, Q Branch constabulary person seized processed sea-cucumber worthy astir ₹10 lakh and arrested a 48-year-old man.
Following a tip-off, a squad led by Q Branch Inspector Janaki was maintaining surveillance adjacent the circumstantial determination connected Friday night. When it stormed into the godown astir 8.30 p.m., astatine slightest 3 persons ran distant apprehending arrest. But the squad managed to drawback Shahjahan, 48, of Devipattinam.
It came to airy that the pack had procured sea-cucumber from fishermen successful Devipattinam for ₹30 per portion and was processing and subsequently smuggling it to Sri Lanka. About 250 kg of sea-cucumber were stored successful 10 jerry cans, the constabulary said.
The constabulary squad seized a weighing scale, hanging scale, a two-wheeler, LPG cylinder and a fewer handphones from the premises. After preliminary interrogation, the Q Branch constabulary handed implicit the accused and the seized sea-cucumber to the Forest Range office.
A wood authoritative said smuggling oregon hoarding sea-cucumber successful immoderate signifier was an offence. Officials visited the premises wherever the pack had been processing and packaging it. They appeared to person been engaged successful the amerciable enactment for atleast 3 months.
The sea-cucumber, aft processing, was being transported successful two-wheelers arsenic it would not beryllium stopped astatine immoderate cheque posts unless the officers had circumstantial information. Hence, the officials said they would behaviour discreet probe and analyse the network.
A squad had been formed to unafraid the 3 accomplices of Shahjahan, a elder serviceman said.
