Officials of the Bhubaneswar forest department on Saturday busted a snake venom smuggling racket and arrested six people including a woman.
According to District Forest Officer (DFO) Ashok Mishra, one litre of snake venom has been seized from the accused.
Officials of the Bhubaneswar forest department on Saturday busted a snake venom smuggling racket and arrested six people including a woman.”We have seized one litre of snake venom and five vials of five millilitres each, procured from Bargarh. Three persons, including a woman from Balasore, had made a deal for ₹ 10 lakhs. It is worth over ₹ 1 crore on the international market,” he said.
