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A shocking case of snake smuggling has come to light in Mumbai. Here the police have arrested 4 accused along with the red sand boa snake. These people were trying to sell snakes. When the police came to know, he revealed himself to be a businessman and dealt with smugglers. These snakes are used medicinally or in black magic.
Police laid a trap
According to the information, police received information that some people were trying to sell red sand boa snake. After this, a team led by Assistant Inspector Amit Devkar laid a trap. For this, head constable Prashant Sawant introduced himself as Gujarati businessman Rupesh Jain and met the accused to buy the snake. For this, the head constable also learned Gujarati language in three days. Policeman Prashant Sawant also held two meetings with smugglers for snake trade.
4 accused arrested
After the deal was finalized, the accused went to sell. The snake was kept in a bag inside the trunk of the Ertiga car. As soon as they reached the spot, the police team prepared in advance caught the accused and caught the snake from the car. The four accused have been identified as Narasimha Dhoti and Shiv Mallesh Adhap of Telangana, Ravi Bhoir of Mulund and Arvind Gupta of Mumbra.
The police took the snake to the Thane Forest Department office. The snake was kept in very inhumane conditions. The accused gave him injections to increase his weight and get more money. These snakes ate soil and insects, but they were also fed other things.
Earlier the weight of the snake was 4 kg 300 grams, but on the day of sale the accused demanded Rs 5 crore. The accused said that the weight of the snake is 5 kg, hence the price has increased. Now the police is searching for the second accused Michael, who was the middleman. He arranged a meeting with two accused from Telangana as well as two other accused from Mumbai. A case has been registered against the five under the Wildlife Protection Act.
