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Tuesday, 1 May 2012

Two Indian men arrested in Bangladesh with 450 rare tortoises

Tortoises and turtles seized en route to Bangkok
April 2012. Customs officials seized 415 turtles at Dhaka Airport in Bangladesh and arrested two Indian men. 


The Thailand-bound smugglers were arrested with 450 turtles and tortoises in two suitcases after a tip off from the Forest Department. 

The seizure contained 300 rare starred tortoises, 90 three-keeled tortoises and 25 Indian roofed turtles according to Dr SMA Rashid of Centre for Advanced Research in Natural Resources & Management (CARINAM).



http://www.wildlifeextra.com/go/news/bangladesh-tortoises.html
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