Police on Thursday arrested a 27-year-old man with the skin of <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/maharashtra-badly-injured-pangolin-rescued-treated-and-released-back-into-the-wild-23247246" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">pangolin</a>, a protected animal, valued at Rs 30 lakh from suburban <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/mumbai-dont-break-gokhale-bridge-slabs-here-say-andheri-locals-23271671" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Andheri</a>, an official said.
Officials of the unit -10 of the Crime Branch apprehended the accused, a resident of Roha in adjoining Raigad district, he said.
They recovered 30 kg of pangolin skin valued at Rs 30 lakh, the official said.
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The Indian pangolin (Manis crassicaudata), also called thick-tailed pangolin and scaly anteater, is a solitary, shy, slow-moving, nocturnal mammal. It is a schedule-I protected animal under the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972.&nbsp;
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