Police seized 49 rear species of turtles from Azampur kitchen market in the city’s Dakkhin Khan area yesterday afternoon, reports UNB.
Police also arrested two people in this connection.
Tipped-off, a team of Dakkhin Khan Police Station challenged a microbus near Azampur kitchen market at around 5:30 pm, said officer-in-charge of the police station Shamim-ur-Rashid Talukder.
He said searching the microbus, police recovered 49 turtles of ‘rare species’, kept hidden inside several luggage.
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