World Turtle News, 08/07/2018

1,125 Indian Star Tortoises seized from three train passengers

In a major haul, 1,125 endangered Indian Star Tortoises, which were meant to be smuggled to Bangladesh, were seized from three passengers on board a train at the city railway station.

Acting on intelligence inputs, the officials of Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI), Vizag Regional Unit, searched the Yashvantpur- Howrah Express at around 4 p.m. on Saturday and found the three passengers with the tortoises stuffed in cloth bags in coach S-7, a DRI communiquรฉ said here on Sunday.

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