15 kg Ambergis worth crores seized from Tindivanam, TN, Five arrested
Chennai, March 10 (BPNS)
Tamil Nadu police arrested five people with 15 kg of ambergris worth crores in international market at Tindivanam. The arrested are Mohanarangan 62, Sathyamoorthy,34, Chandrashekhar, 33, Murugan,32, and Lakshmipathi, 32.
Ambergris or Whale vomit fetches crores in international market police seized the material and arrested five people on a tip-off. A police team while conducting a patrol found five people carrying a travel bag coming out of a house and on inspection found ambergris in their possession.
The arrested people informed the police that they were scouting for potential buyers to sell the 15 kg of ambergris worth crores of rupees in international market.
The arrested were produced before the court and remanded in judicial custody. The police have also alerted the Villupuram forest department.
Ambergris, according to forest department officials is a solid, waxy substance from the intestine of the sperm whale and is found floating in the sea. It is used extensively in perfume industry.
