DNA: EXCLUSIVE ground report on sea cucumber smuggling
The demand for sea cucumber is very high in the international market. Amidst the increasing demands of sea cucumber, now its smuggling has also started. Smuggling of these sea cucumbers has started in Tamil Nadu, India. Due to the skyrocketing prices, new mafias have arisen in these areas.
Jan 10, 2023, 23:16 PM ISTSmuggling of Sea-cucumber: ED raids various premises of Villayutham in Tamil Nadu's Rameshwaram
The operations resulted in seizure of large number of sale deeds, cash receipts, cheque books and other incriminating documents. Sale deeds papers and other documents seized during the search operation revealed the value of the assets of Villayutham to be around Rs 5 crore, the ED statement said.
Aug 13, 2021, 16:13 PM IST