24 February,2023 08:14 AM IST | Mumbai | PTI
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Police on Thursday arrested a 27-year-old man with the skin of pangolin, a protected animal, valued at Rs 30 lakh from suburban Andheri, an official said.
Officials of the unit -10 of the Crime Branch apprehended the accused, a resident of Roha in adjoining Raigad district, he said.
They recovered 30 kg of pangolin skin valued at Rs 30 lakh, the official said.
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The Indian pangolin (Manis crassicaudata), also called thick-tailed pangolin and scaly anteater, is a solitary, shy, slow-moving, nocturnal mammal. It is a schedule-I protected animal under the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972.
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