India, July 28 -- During a late-night coastal patrol, Raigad police seized nearly 4 kg of suspected ambergris, popularly known as 'whale vomit', valued at nearly Rs.4 crore in the illegal market. Police detained a 33-year-old man after finding the wax-like substance, prohibited under the Wildlife (Protection) Act of 1972, in a cloth bag kept inside his scooter's storage compartment in the Chalmala area of Alibag.

The police were conducting a special coastal patrol near the Chalmala jetty at around 1.30am on Sunday when they allegedly noticed a man moving suspiciously on a scooter.

The man was identified as Rahul Pandharinath Hatani, a resident of Chalmala village in Alibag taluka. During a search of his white Honda Activa, the police al...