Based on a tip-off, the police laid a trap near a hotel in town late on Wednesday night and intercepted the accused who arrived there with a bag, an official said.
Thai fisherman Narong Phetcharaj, who usually earns around £200 a month, couldn t believe his luck when he found the 66lb lump of whale vomit floating off Niyom beach, southern Thailand.
Forest officials on Saturday seized 3 kg Ambergris or whale fish vomit from the Pimpri Chinchwad area in Pune district of Maharashtra and arrested six persons, an official said.