Officers with the seized sea cucumber. 
Tamil Nadu

Indian Coast Guard seizes 600kg sea cucumbers

The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) team at Mandapam seized 600 kg of banned sea cucumber on Tuesday. Operating on a tip-off about illegal transhipment of sea cucumber, the ICG team swung into action and tracked the suspect Vallam involved in likely smuggling. ICG Team was immediately deployed in Palk Bay area to cordon the likely escape by sea route.

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Subsequently, the vallam was found to be anchored off Uchhipalli, Ramanathapuram in the afternoon today. The Vallam was thoroughly rummaged by the  team of Indian Coast Guard. The boarding team recovered 31 gunny bags of sea cucumber weighing 600 kg.

The boat alongwith seized sea cucumbers were brought to Mandapam and handed over to Forest Department officials. The value of seized sea cucumbers is reported to be about Rs 3 crore.

Sea Cucumber are listed as protected species under Scheduled-I of “Wildlife Protection Act of 1972”.

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