Around 100 kg sea cucumber seized in Nagapattinam district
Acting on information, a CSG team of Nagapattinam checked a bushy area in the morning near a burial ground at Keechankuppam in the coastal district.
The team found sea cucumber in a boiled and raw state at the spot and confiscated the consignment weighing around 100 kg. The seized sea cucumber was thereafter handed over to the Forest officials for further action, said CSG sources.
This is the second such seizure of sea cucumber by the CSG of Nagapattinam at Keechankuppam this month. The team confiscated around 30 kg of sea cucumber last week and handed over the consignment to the Forest Department.
Sea cucumber is a protected marine species under Schedule I of the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972. Its harvest and trade is banned in India.
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