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Man arrested with illegal exotic turtles
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By Kasun Warakapitiya
The flying squad of the Department of Wildlife Conservation has arrested a man for illegally importing and keeping exotic turtle species this week.
Among those illegally held turtles were two Snapping turtles, two Red eared sliders and a couple of Indian black turtles. The DWC said that they arrested the suspect who had imported the turtles for commercial purposes.
The DWC told the Sunday Times that the suspect and the turtles were produced before Gampaha Magistrate and had been released over Rs. 500,000 surety bail.
The magistrate had also ordered the turtles to be handed over to the National Zoological Gardens and obtain a report on the animals. Further investigations are being carried out by the DWC.
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