Three persons, including a Sri Lankan Tamil refugee, were today arrested at nearby Pamban for attempting to smuggle a sand boa, a species protected under the Wildlife Protection Act.
Police said two residents of Pamban had offered to sell the snake to the Lankan Tamil, residing in the refugee camp in Mandapam, for Rs ten lakh.
On a tip-off, police arrested the three persons and retrieved the sand boa and handed it over to forest department personnel, they said.
