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Seizure · Monitor lizard · 4 lizards · Pāonta Sāhib

18 July 2026 · Pāonta Sāhib · single report: reported by a single outlet, so it is a lead rather than an established fact.

A seizure involving monitor lizard was first reported on 18 July 2026, in Pāonta Sāhib, Himachal Pradesh, IN.

The reports give the quantity as 4 lizards.

3 people were reported arrested. WildTrace records the number only, never who they are, and an arrest is not a conviction.

Forest Department is named as acting in the reports.

The case is drawn from 2 report(s), reported by a single outlet, so it is a lead rather than an established fact.

Documented facts

Reported
2026-07-18
Event
seizure
Species group
Monitor lizard
Place
Pāonta Sāhib
Reports
2 from 1 outlet(s)

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