Authorities enjoy arrested a person at the Hazrat Shahjalal Worldwide Airport in Dhaka this day (3 December) on suspicion of smuggling 305 uncommon turtles.
The arrestee used to be identified as Md Abul Kashem, 52, who arrived in Dhaka thru a US-Bangla Airways flight from China.
At some level of a joint operation of the Vegetation and fauna Crime Preserve a watch on Unit (DCCU), Dhaka Customs Dwelling, and Nationwide Security Intelligence, Kashem used to be chanced on attempting to smuggle 285 red-eared slider puny one turtles and 20 American snapping turtles, weighing a complete of 6 Kg, talked about Ashim Mallik, inspector of DCCU.
“Following his arrest, Kashem admitted for the length of interrogation that he had illegally brought the turtles into Bangladesh. Just correct action has been initiated against him below Portion 25-B (1)(b) of the Special Powers Act, 1974, and Portion 34(b) of the Vegetation and fauna (Conservation and Security) Act, 2012,” Ashim suggested The Change Long-established.
“The confiscated turtles, which are uncommon species now no longer native to Bangladesh, are for the time being below shut observation by the Vegetation and fauna Crime Preserve a watch on Unit at the Forest Department office in Agargaon, Dhaka,” he added.
