BHUBANESWAR: The Special Task Force (STF) of the Crime Branch arrested a person from Abhimanpur village in Cuttack district and rescued one live pangolin from his possession.
Acting on a tip-off about a deal regarding the sale of a pangolin, STF officers conducted a raid on Friday in Abhimanpur and nabbed Keshab Sahoo of the same village.
A case has been registered. The rescued pangolin will be handed over to the DFO-cum-wildlife warden, Athagarh. Further investigation is on, said a STF officer.
In the last one year, the agency has seized 12 leopard hides, six elephant tusks, two deer skin, three live pangolins and 5 kg pangolin scales from the criminals.
STF has also registered 14 cases and apprehended 25 wildlife criminals in the last one year.