Woman held with Tokay Gecko
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, August 25 2014:
Based on specific intelligence regarding smuggling of banned Wild Life Tokay Gecko, troops of 24 Assam Rifles of 26 Sector AR under the aegis of HQ IGAR (South) established a vehicle check post at Sita Road Junction and apprehended one individual alongwith the banned Wild Life products on 24 Aug 2014 .
In a statement, PRO IGAR (S) said a suspicious looking vehicle, a white coloured Maruti van Registration Number AS-23F-2563, traveling from Moreh to Imphal was stopped for checking and it resulted in the apprehension of the individual identified as Momom wife of Brojen, aged 36 yrs, resident of village Awang Khunou, PO Langing, PS Patsoi, Dist �Imphal West.One Tokay Gecko (Approximately cost � 2 Crore), one Mobile phone and one Voter card was recovered from the apprehendee.
The apprehendee alongwith the recovered items were handed over to the Forest and Wildlife Department, Imphal (Manipur) .