Imphal, May 18 -- Manipur Police arrested a man identified as Sharifuddin of Moreh Ward No 5, Muslim Nagar, Laibuk Leikai, under Moreh-PS, Tengnoupal District, from the Pallel-PS gate area, Kakching District.
Police said on Sunday that man was arrested on Saturday for allegedly transporting peacock feather shafts to Myanmar without proper documentation.
Four plastic sacks containing 18 bundles each of peacock feather shafts, a total of 72,000 peacock feather shafts, and weighing about 142 kg were seized.
The estimated cost of the seized peacock feather is approximately Rs 37 lakh in the international market, police said.
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