Custom officials at Indira Gandhi airport here today recovered from a passenger shark teeth worth Rs three-five lakhs in the international market. Acting on intelligence inputs, officials intercepted passanger Aditya Surendra Gupta at the green channel and found him carrying 2,445 shark teeth, the import of which is prohibited under Wild Life Protection Act, 1972, a statement said.
The shark teeth have been seized and their samples have been referred to the Wild Crime Control Bureau. ‘The value of the seized teeth, which is used in jewellery among others, is about Rs three-five lakh in the international market,’ it added. UNI