Acting on a tip-off, a team from the local crime branch laid a trap near a hotel in Amboli village on Mumbai- Ahmedabad Highway and apprehended the duo who had come to sell the reptiles
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The police in Maharashtra's Palghar district arrested two persons for alleged possession of two-mouthed ''mandul'' snakes, an official said on Wednesday.
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Acting on a tip-off, a team from the local crime branch laid a trap near a hotel in Amboli village on Mumbai- Ahmedabad Highway and apprehended the duo who had come to sell the reptiles, police PRO Sachin Navadkar said.
The police recovered three ''mandul'' snakes from a bag found in the accused''s possession, he said.
The police have arrested Sanjay Ishwar Adpatti (30) and Bipin Dhodi (40) under the Wild life Protection Act, the official added
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