Customs Seizes Dead Sea Horses At Airport

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First published in Sanctuary Asia, Vol. 30 No. 8, August 2010

 

Haja Mohideen Mohammed Rafeek, 51, was trying to smuggle the sea horses by concealing them under fish maw in two plastic sacks, according to a press release. He was to travel on a Chennai-Colombo-Bangkok Sri Lankan Airlines flight.

 

The contraband was seized under the Customs Act and Wildlife Protection Act. The passenger and the sea horses were handed over to the state forest department. Read the full report here.

 

Source: Times of India, Chennai.

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