Ambergris worth 13 crores seized near Thazhambur, 9 held
Forest officials in Tiruporur in Chengalpattu seized ambergris worth Rs 13 crores in Thazhambur on Thursday, and chased and arrested nine men at gunpoint.
By : migrator
Update: 2021-08-21 00:22 GMT
Chennai
Thiruporur forest ranger P Kalyan acted swiftly upon a tip off and arrested a Ambergris smuggling gang including a professor of a government college from Karnataka.
The ranger also seized Rs 13 crore worth ambergris — a solid, waxy substance found sperm whales' intestine. They also seized a car and two bikes.
Further they also arrested Mohandas (34) from Kanchipuram, Arulmurgan (30) from Cuddalore, Krishnaswamy (29), Daniel (53), Rajan (51) from Chennai, Murugan (48), Mohan (50) from Kanchipuram.
All the nine were taken to Tiruporur forest office, where they are being interrogated to find out from where they got the ambergris and who all are linked in the smuggle network.
Ambergris is mainly used in perfumes, while some traditional Eastern systems of medicine use it for treating people who suffer from various ailments.
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