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Police seize 84 kg Sea Cucumbers and half-kg Sea Horses, 6 held

Ramanathapuram, Tamilnadu Jun 14 (UNI) Police have seized 84 kg of sea cucumbers and half a kg sea horses, both endangered marine species and arrested six persons for planning to smuggle them to Sri lanka during a raid at Kodipangu coastal hamlet at Thondi, here last mid night.
Acting on specific inputs, a police team raided the house of a fisherman, identified as Kasinathan and seized the marine species, which protected under Schedule I of the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972 , police sources said today.
The processed sea cucumbers and sea horses were packed in gunny bags. Kasinathan procured the sea cucumbers and sea horses from local fishermen in small quantities over a period of time and processed them for smuggling to Srilanka.
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