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Six members of a suspected international smuggling racket were arrested with an estimated US$15 million of snake venom hidden in school bags close to Bhutan border in eastern India. The gang were riding two motorbikes and carrying school bags containing three bullet-proof glass containers of the venom when they were arrested by police in Baikunthpur forest area of Jalpaiguri district in West Bengal. Extracted venom is mostly used as an antidote for snake bites, which according to World Health Organization kill an estimated half a million people globally every year. Snake venom is also used in some cosmetics. Source: http://zeenews.india.com/news/west-bengal/police-arrest-six-smugglers-over-15mn-snake-venom-haul_1621579.html This footage is part of the professionally-shot broadcast stock fo