ED Registered Money Laundering Case Against Snail Smuggler
ED registered money laundering case against a snail smuggler in Tamil Nadu.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has registered a case of money laundering on the smuggling of rare Cucumber (a type of snail) in Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu.
The sea snail Sea Cucumber has medicinal uses. It is also used in food. They are also known as ocean scavengers and play an important role in maintaining a healthy marine ecology.
In India, it comes under Schedule-I of the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972, and its collection is completely banned.
The agency had on August 9 raided the hotel and residential premises of the accused Vilayutham in Rameswaram after registering a case under the provisions of the PMLA.
Around 13 cases were registered against him by the local police under various sections including the Wildlife Protection Act. After going through the registered cases, the agency registered a criminal case.
Other documents proving the crime were recovered.
The ED claimed, “A large number of sale agreements, cash receipts, checkbooks, and other crime-proof documents were recovered in this operation.”
Documents seized during the raids show that Vilayutham’s assets are worth around Rs 5 crore.
Used to make liquor like toddy by bringing intoxicant powder from Telangana, illegal liquor business going on in front of the police post.
A major success has been achieved in the raid of Madhya Pradesh Police in Banswara regarding the illegal liquor business.
The business was operating from a house built opposite a police post in Banswara and the police remained unaware of it.
Instead of giving information to the Banswara district police, the Madhya Pradesh Police raided and nabbed one of the accused.
The one who revealed that he was involved in illicit liquor under the gang and used to make and sell liquor like toddy by bringing intoxicant powder from Telangana.
The police are now trying to reach the entire gang through this accused.
Last month, the Thandla police station of the Jhabua district of Madhya Pradesh was investigating the death of people due to spurious liquor in Mandsaur.
In which the involvement of a person named Babulal of Kushalgarh in Banswara district came to the fore. Babulal originally hails from Adveli village in the Nalgonda district of Telangana.
He used to make and sell liquor like toddy by bringing intoxicant powder from Telangana in the border area of Banswara district of Rajasthan adjoining Madhya Pradesh.
This surprised the MP Police as toddy trees were not found in Banswara and the border districts of Rajasthan in Madhya Pradesh and in such a situation how toddy liquor was being made and sold here.
