Ambergris seized, 3 arrested
The Hindu
Madurai rural district police seized ₹ 2.5-crore worth whale ambergris and arrested three persons who were allegedly smuggling it to Natham in Dindigul district on Monday night.
Acting on a tip-off, a special team that was involved in vehicle check intercepted a car, and detained three persons on Sivaganga-Melur highway around midnight.
The police found that the suspects, identified as Azhagu, Palanisamy and Kumar, were smuggling ambergris to sell it at Natham.
Besides the ambergris, the police seized ₹ 10,000 and the car from the accused, Superintendent of Police V. Baskaran said.
The accused were handed over to the officials from Department of Forests.
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