13 parakeets were produced before a court in Delhi. Here’s why

The parakeets were later released and sent to the Okhla Bird Sanctuary.

Thirteen parakeets were produced before Delhi’s Patiala House Court on Wednesday. Later they were released and sent to the Okhla Bird Sanctuary. These parakeets were recovered from a Uzbek national on Tuesday, October 15.

Image shows the parakeets, taken to a Delhi court, inside a cage.(Twitter/@ANI)

The Uzbek national was allegedly trying to smuggle them to Tashkent. He was arrested by the CISF personnel from Delhi airport during the security check. The accused had hidden these parrots in different shoe boxes.

The Uzbek national was also produced before the court and was sent to judicial custody till October 30. Advocate P. C. Sharma was representing the Customs in the case.

The news made its way onto Twitter too and this is how people reacted:

Previously, a similar incident piqued people’s interest. Federal authorities at John F. Kennedy Airport, the USA, on June 20 arrested a man who was trying to smuggle 34 live birds. The smuggler hid the birds inside individual plastic hair curlers in his carry-on luggage and tried to board the plane. He was trying to smuggle birds worth $100,000 to sell them for singing competitions.