Market value of Austra­lian, German, Arab falcon­s is Rs10 millio­n accord­ing to offici­alsQUETTA : The Balochistan Forest and Wildlife Department has seized four falcons being smuggled from Sharjah into Pakistan at the Quetta International Airport. “I noticed a suspicious box and asked my staff to move it aside,” said Forest and Wildlife Deputy Controller Niaz Kakar. Last year in May, a British national was arrested at the Benazir Bhutto International Airport for attempting to smuggle partridges out of the country. An FIR was lodged against the suspect under wildlife laws and the partridges were handed over to the wildlife officers. Back in 2013, a Pakistani man tried to smuggle 17 partridges into Manchester in small wooden crates, UK customs officials had claimed.

Source: The Express Tribune February 19, 2018 11:25 UTC