Court grants bail to man from whom parrots were seized
Thane (PTI): A court in Thane district of Maharashtra has allowed the pre-arrest bail of a man from whose possession the forest department had seized parrots.
Additional sessions court judge Rachna Tehra passed the order on Monday.
On October 11, the forest department officials had seized nine parrots from the possession of Nishikant Namdeo Ware and registered an offence against him under the Wild Life Protection Act at the Thane Nagar police station.
Anticipating his arrest, Ware applied for the pre-arrest bail which was granted by the court.
The applicant in his bail plea told the court that he is an educated and respectable person and there is no prima facie material on record constituting the alleged offence.
He is innocent and neither involved in selling or transporting any kind of birds, the plea said.
It stated that he is a handicapped person and has cooperated with the authorities in the probe.
While allowing his pre-arrest bail, the court said that taking into consideration the facts of the case, the physical custody to interrogate the accused is not necessary.
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Bengaluru customs arrest Bangkok flyer with drugs worth 2.8 crores at KIAL
Bengaluru: Customs sleuths on Tuesday arrested a passenger arriving from Bangkok at the Kempegowda International Airport for allegedly trafficking drugs.
During routine checking at the airport, customs officials seized a large quantity of hydroponic cannabis from the passenger’s luggage.
Officials said around 8 kg of hydroponic cannabis was recovered, with its estimated market value pegged at approximately Rs 2.8 crore.
In a separate case on the same day, customs officials recovered about 900 grams of ganja, worth around Rs 31.5 lakh, from another passenger who had arrived from Hong Kong.
According to the officials, both passengers had concealed the narcotic substances inside their luggage in an attempt to evade detection.
The customs department has taken both the accused into custody and have initiated questioning.
A probe in connection with the incident is underway, and legal action is being pursued against them under the relevant provisions of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act.
