Police seized 17 wild boar piglets being smuggled from Telangana to Andhra Pradesh and arrested two persons.
On a tip-off, the Nuzvid Town police intercepted a four-wheeler on Annavaram bypass road on AP-Telangana border and rescued the animals on Saturday.
Police arrested one D. Joji Babu and the vehicle driver who were allegedly smuggling the animals from Khammam to Hanuman Junction in Krishna district, said Nuzvid CI M.V. Narayana.
The seized animals were handed over to the Forest Department officials.
Krishna District Forest Officer (DFO) A.V.S.R.K. Appanna said the 17 piglets were rescued and a case under the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972, has been registered against the accused.
“The animals were in good health and they would be released into the natural forest after conducting panchanama,” the DFO said.
“Forest officials will inquire into the reasons for the smuggling of the animals and the source from where they were collected,” Mr. Appanna said.
