An unusual tokay gecko lizard and envigorating cough syrups were taken from a medical store in Bihar’s Purnea district on Wednesday, cops stated.
Performing on a tip-off, the store in Baisi department was robbed and the products were taken, stated acting Superintendent of Cops Surendra Kumar Saroj.
” The owner of the shop handled to run away from the area. Based upon details collected throughout the search, a supposed smuggler and his 4 partners were jailed in the event,” he stated.
Cops, nevertheless, declined to expose the identity of those jailed.
” The grey market price of the lizard would be around Rs 1.5 crore. Forest authorities were notified about it. The Forest Department will likewise start legal procedures versus the presumed smugglers,” the officer stated. Tokay geckos are noted in Schedule III of the Wildlife Security Act 1972 as extremely threatened.
It is presumed that the implicated brought the lizard from West Bengal and they were preparing to take it to Delhi, stated Aditya Kumar, the Sub-Divisional Law Enforcement Officer (SDPO) of Baisi.
The taken cough syrups, 50 packs, were laced with the envigorating prohibited compound codeine, he stated.
An additional examination is underway, he included.
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