Retd Colonel Devendra Singh residence raided in Meerut

Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI), Wild Life department and Uttar Pradesh police have busted a huge racket of poaching, illegal wildlife hunting and arms smuggling run by an ex-armyman in Meerut.

As per the reports, DRI official conducted the raids at Civil Lines residence of Colonel (retd) Devindra Kumar on Saturday afternoon and seized a total of 140 weapons (licensed and illegal), around 50,000 cartridges, animal skin of leopard and black buck and 117 kgs of Neelgai (blue bull) meat from his possession.

A huge amount of Rs 1 crore was also recovered from the Colonel's residence.

The seized sample will be wild life institute of Dehradun for forensic examination.

Meanwhile, police have detained a few persons in connection to the case.

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