Vovkova said Indian police refused to release the two men on bail. She said court proceedings with the two men were scheduled for July 7.
She added that waiting for a trial was common in India. According to The Statesman, range officers confiscated several rare butterflies and bugs and the collecting equipment in the Singalila national park near Darjeeling in northwest India from Czech forester Emil Kucera, 52, and biologist Petr Svacha, 51. The Czechs claim they were unaware of the Indian wildlife rules and collected the insects only for research, the daily writes, estimating the value of the collected insects at some 10,000 to 15,000 rupees, or 3600 Almost million Czechs join token strike against reform ...
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Ex-President Carter meeting Hamas leader ... to 5400 crowns per insect. Smuggling of animals and plants is banned under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), signed by the Czech Republic in 1992.
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