Archive · 28 Sep 2025
Passenger Arrested at RGIA for Wildlife Possession
Customs officials at the Hyderabad airport caught a person with some animals they shouldn't have.
The person arrived from Bangkok and had things like lizards and turtles hidden in their bags.
These animals are protected by law.
The officials took the animals away and sent them back to where they came from.
The person was arrested because of the wildlife they were carrying.
Customs officials at RGIA intercepted a passenger from Bangkok.
The passenger was found with protected wildlife in their baggage.
Recovered species included a monitor lizard, turtles, and iguanas.
The wildlife was seized by authorities.
The passenger was arrested and deported.
- Who
- Customs officials and a passenger
- What
- Intercepted a passenger possessing protected wildlife
- When
- Saturday
- Where
- Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA), Shamshabad
- Why
- To enforce wildlife protection laws
- Location
- Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA), Shamshabad
- Incident
- Passenger intercepted with protected wildlife species
- Species Recovered
- Monitor Lizard, two-headed turtle, Green Iguanas, Iguanas
- Origin
- Bangkok
- Action Taken
- Wildlife seized, passenger arrested and deported