<p class="title">Sea cucumber weighing around 500 kg and valued at Rs 10 lakh, meant to be smuggled to Sri Lanka, was seized at Mandapam near Rameswaram on Sunday, Marine police said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A boat used to smuggle the sea cucumber has also been seized, they said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The occupants of the boat escaped after seeing the police personnel.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Sea cucumbers, classified as endangered species and their harvest banned under the Wildlife Protection Act, are in demand in South-East Asian countries.</p>
<p class="title">Sea cucumber weighing around 500 kg and valued at Rs 10 lakh, meant to be smuggled to Sri Lanka, was seized at Mandapam near Rameswaram on Sunday, Marine police said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A boat used to smuggle the sea cucumber has also been seized, they said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The occupants of the boat escaped after seeing the police personnel.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Sea cucumbers, classified as endangered species and their harvest banned under the Wildlife Protection Act, are in demand in South-East Asian countries.</p>