India, Nov. 10 -- The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) on Saturday intercepted three members of an alleged wildlife trafficking syndicate and seized a leopard skin with head (in trophy form) from them in Bhopal. A 'trophy' is the part of a wild animal such as the head, horn, tusk or skin which is preserved through taxidermy and kept as a memento.

The operation was conducted in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, after the DRI Mumbai Zonal Unit's Nagpur Regional Unit got a tip off about the wildlife trafficking syndicate. DRI officials then intercepted the three men at a hotel in Bhopal and recovered the leopard skin trophy from them.

The seized item and the three alleged traffickers were then handed over to the forest division in Bhopal, f...