Crime Branch arrests absconding accused in 2005 theft of ivory and sandalwood billets from Forest department warehouse in Keralaâ s Kasaragod

WIRE — Crime Branch says the arrested, Mohammed Farid, 60, is an active member of a gang allegedly involved in several similar thefts across Kerala, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh

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