International racket dealing in snake venom busted in Malda

An international racket dealing in snake vem was busted in West Bengal's Malda district on Friday, and two persons were arrested in a major operation by state CID and local police, officials said.

sleuths of CID along with officers of Bamongola police station seized 600 grams of snake vem, estimated to be worth around Rs 1 crore, from a car in Pakuahat petrol pump area, y said.

Two kingpins of an international racket were arrested in raid, police said.

y have been identified as Alam Miyan (32) and Musfik Alam (29), both residents of Gangarampur area in Dakshin Dinajpur district, a senior officer said.

snake vem was kept in a French-me bullet-proof box, he ded.

Police got a tip-off that duo was travelling to Malda to smuggle vem and stopped car midway and me arrests, officer said.

Malda district on India-Banglesh border is torious for smuggling.