4 arrested by Forest officials for trying to sell red sand boa snake

Hyderabad: On Wednesday, the Forest officials arrested 4 people for attempting to sell a red sand boa snake.

S Rohit, Venkataramana, Sridhar, and Anjaneya Prasad have been identified as the arrested individuals. A car, a motorcycle and four mobile phones were seized from the possession of the arrested persons, and they were later remanded to judicial custody for 14 days.

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According to credible information obtained by the vigilance wing of the Principal Chief Conservator of Forest office, a person was involved in illegal trade of sand boa snakes. D Sudhakar Reddy, the Vigilance District Forest Officer, initiated contact with the person known as Rohith. In a decoy operation, Reddy presented himself as a prospective buyer of the snake and nabbed the quartet at Keesara.