A man was arrested by forest officials for allegedly buying live beetles in Ghoom, Darjeeling, India, reports The Telegraph

Man caught with live beetles in Ghoom
The Telegraph
16 September 2008


Darjeeling, Sept. 16: Forest officials today caught a resident of Kalimpong subdivision while he was allegedly buying live beetles from an “unidentified person” at a wayside eatery in Ghoom.

The foresters said they recovered 19 live beetles from Dilip Tamang, who lives at Silary bustee in 20th Mile, 14km from Kalimpong town.

Tamang’s arrest is the fourth such instance in the Darjeeling hills in just over a decade, indicating that the area is slowly emerging as a centre of illegal wildlife trade.

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