Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru (DV)
Mangaluru, Feb 15: Mangaluru city police have arrested four interstate peddlers for attempting to sell ambergris worth Rs 2.2 crore at Jeppinamogaru under the limits of Kankanady town police station limits.
The arrested have been identified as Jabir M A (35) and Shabad L K (27) from Kodagu, and Asir V P (36) and Sharief N (32) from Kanhangad.
Police have seized five mobile phones, a Swift car, Rs 1,070 in cash, altogether totalling Rs 2,25,92,070 including ambergris.
Ambergris is a substance produced in the digestive system of sperm whales. It is mostly used in the perfume industry.
The accused have been booked under sections 2(32), 2(36), 39(b), (d), 44, 48(a), 49(A), 49(B), 50, 51 of the Wild Life Protection Act 1972.