UP: Kanpur STF seizes 1,868 smuggled turtles from truck bound for Bengal, nabs 2
India Today
Kanpur STF seized 2,000 smuggled turtles from a truck bound for West Bengal on Sunday and arrested two smugglers in connection with the case.
The Kanpur unit of Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force seized a total of 1868 turtles from a truck while they were allegedly being taken to West Bengal for smuggling out of the country.
Two smugglers, identified as Javed and Mohammad Farookh, both residents of Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua district, have been arrested in connection with the case.
As per sources, Kanpur STF received specific input about these smugglers, on the basis of which checking was being done on the Ramadevi flyover in Kanpur. Soon, a truck was apprehended by the officials smuggling these turtles under the pretext of mica.
The turtles, being smuggled to Kolkata in West Bengal, were found stuffed in sacks and some even lay scattered on the floor of the truck.
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From West Bengal, these restricted turtles were then about to be smuggled out of the country to China, Thailand, Hong Kong and other Southeast Asian countries via Bangladesh.
