Indian arrested in Bangladesh for smuggling 108 turtles

Dhaka: Two persons, including an Indian, were arrested today by the Bangladeshi police from the airport here for allegedly smuggling over 100 rare turtles to Thailand.
Police seized 108 species of turtles at Shahjalal International Airport earlier today while they were being smuggled to Thailand by a Bangkok Airways flight.
Members of Airport Armed Police Battalion (APBn) arrested the two people, including an Indian national, on charge of smuggling the reptiles.
The arrested were, Kibria, 35, hailing from Murshidabad in India, and Khairul Alam, 40, of Basail in Tangail.
S M A Rashid of CARINAM, an NGO that works on turtles, said the seized reptiles known as 'Shila Turtle' are black in colour and on the verge of extinction due to rapid shrink of their habitat and illegal exploitation.
07/08/12 PTI/Business Standard

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