Archive · 14 Dec 2025
Foreigners detained in Bikaner for carrying suspected wildlife article
Two people from France were stopped at an airport in Bikaner, India.
They were carrying something that might be part of an animal, like deer bones.
The officials took the item to a lab to check.
The couple said they bought it at a fair in Nagaland.
The embassy of France was told about this.
The officials will decide what to do next after the lab gives its report.
Two French tourists were detained at Bikaner's Nal Civil Airport for carrying a suspicious wildlife article.
The article, suspected to contain deer bones, was seized during a security check.
Forest department officials examined the article at a veterinary laboratory in Rajasthan.
The couple revealed they purchased the article at an exhibition in Nagaland.
The samples have been sent to Dehradun for further confirmation of the species.
- Who
- Two French tourists, a man and his wife
- What
- Detained for carrying a suspicious wildlife article
- When
- December 14
- Where
- Nal Civil Airport, Bikaner, Rajasthan
- Why
- The article was suspected to contain deer bones
- Location
- Nal Civil Airport, Bikaner
- Suspected Article
- Deer bones
- Nationality of Detained
- French
- Purchased Location
- Nagaland
- Examined Location
- Rajasthan University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences
- Samples Sent
- Dehradun
- Embassy Informed
- Yes