At the airport, a man with a crocodile skull was detained in a bag: why he was there

07 February 2025, 03:02 | Finance and Banking
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At the New Deli airport (India), a 32-year-old Canadian was detained, in the baggage of which a crocodile was found. This is reported by CNN.

During the inspection of luggage of a man, he found a skull with sharp teeth weighing about 777 grams. It was wrapped in cream -colored fabric.

The skull belongs to the species protected by the law on the protection of wildlife. In addition to him, the man also violated the customs law. After detection, the skull was transferred to the Department of Forests and Wildlife for Laboratory Research.

" The cooperation between the customs and forest departments is crucial to ensure that such guarded objects of wildlife be not exported by smuggling, ”Customs said Delin.

The report by Traffic, a non -governmental organization that monitors the trade in wild animals, it is said in 2022 that, as the Aviation Sector of India, the “illegal use of airports for smuggling of wild animals” inside India and throughout the region, is growing..

In general, India is included in the first ten countries that uses air transportation to trade wild animals. In particular, in the period from 2011 to 2020, 141 cases of removal of wild animals were recorded at India airports. Most often (46%) it is precisely reptiles - crocodiles, lizards, snakes and turtles.

Recall that recently a cruise liner left without 20 passengers. The fact is that tourists were forgotten on the shore.

Recently in the United States there was an unusually large -scale theft. Thieves stole 100 thousand eggs in a grocery store.

Based on materials: edition.cnn.com



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