India, Sept. 1 -- The Mumbai zonal unit of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has seized two leopard skins and apprehended four suspected members of a wildlife trafficking network as part of an inter-state operation conducted in Odisha, in coordination with the Mumbai Customs Department, on Saturday.

One of the four apprehended suspects was the alleged mastermind of the wildlife trafficking network, agency sources said. Leopards are listed in Schedule I of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, as per which, sale, purchase, or possession of leopard skin or any part of the animal is prohibited.

The operation against the trafficking network was initiated based on specific intelligence about a suspect's location in Rayagada district, Od...