Ambergris

The Kalyan unit of Thane crime branch in Maharashtra arrested three people and seized 5.6 kg of ambergris (whale vomit) worth Rs 6.20 crore, police said on Saturday.

The trio was nabbed on October 3 night by a team of forest department personnel.

On inspecting, the pathologist found a remarkable treasure worth over $250,000.

Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) officers have seized 18.1 kilogram ambergris at Tuticorin coast valued at Rs 31.67 crore in the illicit market and busted a smuggling racket, the finance ministry said on Saturday.

In Lucknow, the Special Task Force (STF) of the Uttar Pradesh Police detained four members of a gang that was trafficking ambergris (whale vomit). During the raid, police found 4.12 kilogramme of whale vomit worth Rs 10 crore.

A group of fishermen from Vizhinjam near here has found, Ambergris or vomit of whale worth Rs 28 crore and handed it over to the authorities.

Police on Tuesday arrested six persons while they were trying to sell 3.48 kg of sperm whale vomit, also known as ambergris,worth Rs 3.48 crore from Bantwal in Dakshina Kannada district of Karnataka.

The Mumbai police's crime branch has arrested two persons with Ambergris or vomit of whale worth Rs 5.91 crore from suburban Bhandup, an official said Thursday.

Forest officials on Saturday seized 3 kg Ambergris or whale fish vomit from the Pimpri Chinchwad area in Pune district of Maharashtra and arrested six persons, an official said.

Police, along with a forest officer, raided a room at a locality and picked up three persons with the Ambergris weighing 2.7 kg.

Police have arrested three persons for allegedly smuggling ambergris, or whale puke which used in making cosmetics, worth about Rs 7 crore, police said on Sunday.

A woman in Thailand stumbled upon a very lucky find while walking on a beach recently. Siriporn Niamrin, 49, had been walking along a beach on the coast of Nakhon Si Thammarat when she noticed a strange lump in the sand.

A 53-year-old man who had come to sell 1.3 kg of ambergris -- or whale vomit -- worth Rs 1.7 crore was arrested in Mumbai, police on Tuesday.

Three Omani fishermen have hit the jackpot after scooping 80 kg of floating rare "whale vomit" expected to net them a mind-boggling $2.5 million. Khalid Al Sinani, who is in his late 30s, found floating "whale vomit" on the shores of Qurayat province last week.

The Kalyan unit of Thane crime branch in Maharashtra arrested three people and seized 5.6 kg of ambergris (whale vomit) worth Rs 6.20 crore, police said on Saturday.

The trio was nabbed on October 3 night by a team of forest department personnel.

On inspecting, the pathologist found a remarkable treasure worth over $250,000.

Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) officers have seized 18.1 kilogram ambergris at Tuticorin coast valued at Rs 31.67 crore in the illicit market and busted a smuggling racket, the finance ministry said on Saturday.

In Lucknow, the Special Task Force (STF) of the Uttar Pradesh Police detained four members of a gang that was trafficking ambergris (whale vomit). During the raid, police found 4.12 kilogramme of whale vomit worth Rs 10 crore.

A group of fishermen from Vizhinjam near here has found, Ambergris or vomit of whale worth Rs 28 crore and handed it over to the authorities.

Police on Tuesday arrested six persons while they were trying to sell 3.48 kg of sperm whale vomit, also known as ambergris,worth Rs 3.48 crore from Bantwal in Dakshina Kannada district of Karnataka.

The Mumbai police's crime branch has arrested two persons with Ambergris or vomit of whale worth Rs 5.91 crore from suburban Bhandup, an official said Thursday.

Forest officials on Saturday seized 3 kg Ambergris or whale fish vomit from the Pimpri Chinchwad area in Pune district of Maharashtra and arrested six persons, an official said.

Police, along with a forest officer, raided a room at a locality and picked up three persons with the Ambergris weighing 2.7 kg.

Police have arrested three persons for allegedly smuggling ambergris, or whale puke which used in making cosmetics, worth about Rs 7 crore, police said on Sunday.

A woman in Thailand stumbled upon a very lucky find while walking on a beach recently. Siriporn Niamrin, 49, had been walking along a beach on the coast of Nakhon Si Thammarat when she noticed a strange lump in the sand.

A 53-year-old man who had come to sell 1.3 kg of ambergris -- or whale vomit -- worth Rs 1.7 crore was arrested in Mumbai, police on Tuesday.

Three Omani fishermen have hit the jackpot after scooping 80 kg of floating rare "whale vomit" expected to net them a mind-boggling $2.5 million. Khalid Al Sinani, who is in his late 30s, found floating "whale vomit" on the shores of Qurayat province last week.