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Czechs remanded for smuggling insects [1]

Marcus Dam KOLKATA: Two Czech nationals, held for allegedly smuggling specimens of beetles and moths from the northern range of the Singalila National Park in Darjeeling district on June 22, were remanded to judicial custody by a local court at a special session on Wednesday after their pleas for bail were rejected for the second time. The insects were found in the possession of the two men, Peter Svacha and Emil Kucera

Publication Date: 
10/07/2008
Hindu (New Delhi) [2]
Tags:
Insects [3], Wildlife Act 1972 [4], National Parks [5], Wildlife Crime Bureau [6], West Bengal [7], Darjiling (D) [8]
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[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/insects
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/wildlife-act-1972
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/national-parks
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/wildlife-crime-bureau
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/west-bengal
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/darjiling-d