Man held with 40 turtles, 200 shells in Narayanganj
Some of the 40 spotted flapshell, Assam roofed and soft-shell turtles seized by forest officials from a person at No-3 Fisheries Ghat in Narayanganj yesterday.Photo: STAR
Forest officials yesterday held a person for illegal trading of wildlife and recovered 40 live turtles and 200 turtle shells from him in Narayanganj. The turtles belong to three different species--spotted flapshell turtles, Assam roofed turtles and soft-shell turtles. Md Farid, 40, was detained with the endangered animals at No-3 Fisheries Ghat. He was sued and handed over to police. Forester Saleque Ahmed Mollah led a team of wildlife management and nature conservation division and made Farid's detention. “On information, we ran the drive and held Farid with two drums full of live turtles, dried shells and meat," he said. The wildlife act prohibits poaching, capturing, trapping and trading of wildlife. The law's violators face a minimum of one year's imprisonment or a fine of Tk 50,000. Meanwhile, the crime control unit officials of the forest division recovered eight red-breasted parakeets, five jungle moynas, six spotted doves and five striped palm squirrels from the capital's Kaptan Bazar yesterday.
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