The Koh-e-Fiza police has nabbed two snake smugglers near Halalpura bus stand and recovered rare two-headed ‘Sand Boa’ snake worth Rs 10 lakh from their possession on Thursday.
Police said that two persons who were trying to sell ‘Sand Boa’ snake were trapped by team. The accused were nabbed posing as customer waiting to buy the rare two-headed snake.
The accused were arrested after police team swung into action on the receipt of the information of persons moving from Sehore to Lalghati and were nabbed near Lalghati and when the team reached the spot accused tried to escape but were nabbed.
The nabbed accused were identified as Sanjay Kumar Yadav (37) and Sonu Jathav (23). The two are residents of Lalta Nagar Kolar road.
In the operation the buyers were not nabbed as the accused were nabbed before they could sell it to the buyers. The details of the buyers would be investigated in the further investigation.
The crime record and involvement in smuggling of ‘Sand Boa’ by the accused would be investigated. Sonu Jathav has been booked for assault by Kolar police.
The officials of forest department were informed after the accused were nabbed were handed over to the department with seized sand boa snake for further investigation.
The accused revealed that rare two-headed ‘Sand Boa’ was caught from forest in Jhabua region.