Canadian Held at IGI for Carrying Crocodile Head

In an unusual bust at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport, customs officials at Terminal 3 intercepted a Canadian national who they realised was "acting suspicious", only to discover that he was carrying in his luggage the severed head of a crocodile.

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Upon questioning, the man told investigators that he had purchased the reptile's head during a trip through Thailand.

Officials said they have detained the man late on Sunday night.

The man had repeatedly insisted that he neither hunted nor killed the animal but merely bought it during his travels, officials who questioned him said on Tuesday. Regardless, transporting such wildlife products requires permits, which he failed to produce.

Airport officials alerted the state forest and wildlife department to identify the specimen.