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Chennai Air Cargo Customs seizes 1,364 live star tortoises
Updated : 4 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], January 5 (ANI): The Chennai Air Cargo customs here on Wednesday seized 1,364 live star tortoises which were being smuggled to Malaysia from an export consignment.
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Bengaluru: Police seize 401 Indian star tortoises, one held
Updated : 6 months, 1 week ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], November 17 (ANI): Bengaluru Kalasipalyam Police has seized a total of 401 Indian star tortoises and arrested the man who was trying to sell them illegally, informed Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) West, Bengaluru.
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Gujarat Forest dept recovers 14 star tortoises from house in Vadodara
Updated : 9 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Vadodara (Gujarat) [India], August 9 (ANI): Fourteen star-tortoises were recovered from a house in Vadodara on Sunday.
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140 tortoises seized from train at UP's Manikpur station
Updated : 11 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Prayagraj (Uttar Pradesh) [India], June 14 (ANI): Railway Protection Force (RPF) on Sunday seized 140 tortoises from the Saket Express at Uttar Pradesh's Manikpur Junction.
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Pune forest dept arrest 2 for smuggling tortoises
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], November 20 (ANI): The Pune forest department on Friday have arrested two people and busted a racket smuggling tortoises.
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Two detained in possession of exotic animals in Assam's forest: Police
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
Cachar (Assam) [India], July 29 (ANI): Two people were detained on Tuesday in possession of exotic animals, including one kangaroo, six macaw parrots, three tortoises, and two monkeys at Lailapur Forest, said Jagadish Das, Additional Superintendent of Police, Cachar here on Wednesday.
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Tamil Nadu: DRI intercepts man at Trichy International Airport, recovers 2
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Nov 26 (ANI): Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) intercepted one person who had arrived at Trichy International Airport on November 24 from Guangzhou (China) via Colombo (Sri Lanka), while he was attempting to smuggle live species viz. China Pond tortoise
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Andhra: 2 arrested for smuggling over 700 tortoises from Odisha
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Krishna (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Oct 13 (ANI): Andhra police arrested two people and seized over 700 tortoises in Korukollu village of Krishna district on Saturday.
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70 turtle hatchlings from two Assam temples released in Pobitora Wildlife
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Pobitora (Assam) [India] Sept 4 (ANI): With Assam being home to 20 species of freshwater turtles and tortoises out of 29 species present in India, about 70 hatchlings of the Black Softshell and Indian Softshell turtles which bred in the ponds of two temples in Assam have been released in the
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Chhattisgarh: Police releases 3 tortoises from legal custody
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
Rajnandgaon (Chhattisgarh) [India], Aug 29 (ANI): The Chhattisgarh Police on Thursday released three tortoises, which were kept in the legal custody from the last four years, into the Shivnath River in Chhattisgarh's Rajnandgaon district.
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Andhra: One person nabbed with 500 Indian star tortoises
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Vijayawada (Andhra Pradesh) [India], July 30 (ANI): A passenger was nabbed by officials of Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) from Vijayawada Railway Station on Monday and 500 Indian star tortoises were rescued.
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WB: 1 arrested in possession of 19 tortoises
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Midnapore (West Bengal) [India], Jan 28 (ANI): Officials from Belda Forest Department recovered 19 tortoises from Khakurda market here on Sunday, and arrested one man in connection with the case.
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