Customized Seizes Round eight Kilogram Of Peacock Feathers In Delhi: Officers
Peacock’s looking is unlawful beneath the legislation. (Representational)
New Delhi:
Round eight kg peacock feathers, that had been being smuggled to Hong Kong, had been seized on the International Submit Administrative center in New Delhi, the Delhi customs zone stated on Wednesday.
The peacock is the nationwide fowl of India and it’s secure beneath Agenda-I of the Wild Lifestyles (Coverage) Act that prohibits its looking.
The Air Shipment Commissionerate (Export) seized 10 unregistered parcels destined to Hong Kong containing peacock feathers weighing approx eight kg at International Submit Administrative center, New Delhi, it tweeted.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is already taking a look into the new seizure of over 21 lakh items of peacock feathers through the customs division that had been being smuggled to China disguised as plastic pipes.
The consignment, jointly weighing 2,565 kg and estimated to value round Rs 5.25 crore, used to be seized at Inland Container Depot (ICD) in Tughlakabad in March this yr.
The CBI had alleged that between September 2020 and February 2021, more than a few consignments of peacock tail feathers via 26 transport expenses had been exported through a Delhi-based corporate to a consignee in China through concealing the package deal main points.
Peacock feathers are used for medicinal functions.
