Smuggling of snails seems to be rampant in the State. In another instance, police seized a huge number of snails from two Kolkata-bound buses near the Shergarh tollgate on NH-16 in Baleswar district on Friday.
As per reports, the Khantapada police seized hundreds of sacks containing snails, which were being smuggled to Kolkata from Dhamra in Bhadrak district in the two buses. The police also detained six persons in this connection and were interrogating them.
The two buses had registration numbers, OD-01X-1575 and OR-01 S-8771.