Overview
- DRI’s Hyderabad unit, which ran an undercover decoy operation Sunday, arrested a man in Warangal over an alleged attempt to sell live snakes.
- Officers recovered two live Indian red sand boas from a bag the suspect carried, according to a DRI release.
- The species is listed under Schedule I of the Wildlife Protection Act, which makes possession or trade a criminal offense.
- The snakes, packing material, and the accused were handed to the Forest Range Officer in Warangal for action under the wildlife law.
- The transfer places the animals in official care and moves the case into the forest department’s legal process that targets grey-market wildlife trafficking.