New Delhi:
A person travelling from Delhi to Canada has been arrested for carrying a child crocodile cranium. On Monday, at 5 pm, throughout a safety verify at Terminal 3 of New Delhi’s Indira Gandhi Worldwide Airport, customs officers stopped a passenger based mostly on suspicion. Upon investigation, a cranium wrapped in a cream-colored material was recovered from the passenger’s baggage. The cranium had sharp tooth and a jaw-like construction, weighing about 777 grams.
The passenger has been arrested below part 104 of the Customs Act, 1962.
In line with the preliminary report of the recovered cranium examined by the Division of Forests and Wildlife, Delhi Authorities, the construction of the cranium, tooth, and different options confirmed that it was the cranium of a child crocodile. It’s included within the protected species below Schedule I of the Wildlife Safety Act, 1972 (WLPA).
Nonetheless, to establish the precise species of the crocodile, it will likely be despatched to the Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun.
In line with the Customs officers, the passenger violated provisions of the Wildlife Safety Act, 1972 and the Customs Act, 1962. Due to this fact, a case has been registered in opposition to him below sections 132, 133, 135, 135A and 136 of the Customs Act.
The passenger was to journey to Canada on Air Canada flight quantity AC 051.
Questions like the place the person bought a cranium and why stay unanswered.