Fourteen Indian flapshell turtles were seized by police. (Express/Gajendra Yadav)
A pistillate and her girl were arrested connected Thursday for allegedly smuggling to Noida Indian flapshell turtles, which they had caught from a stream successful Mathura.
Noida Deputy Commissioner of Police Ram Badan Singh identified the women arsenic Kamlesh alias Kannar and her girl Jyoti, residents of Mathura. “Following a tip-off, we detained the women from Noida Sector 10 and seized 14 Indian flapshell turtles from them,” helium added.
“The turtles are priced betwixt Rs 1,000 and Rs 10,000. After they are treated by vets, we volition permission them successful their habitat,” said Singh, adding that the 2 women person been booked nether the Wildlife Protection Act.