Police foiled a wildlife smuggling bid here on Sunday and arrested two suspects, according to Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) Dr. Imran. According to the ASI, police, alongside officials of the Sindh Wildlife Department, conducted a raid at the city’s Babarloi Bypass where-from they arrested two suspects and recovered 53 kilograms worth of parts of a rare breed of turtles. Dr. Imran said the arrested suspects were attempting to smuggle the turtle parts to Karachi. They are usually trafficked out of Pakistan, he added. A first information report (FIR) has been registered against the arrested suspects, the ASI noted.
53kgs worth of turtle parts recovered from smugglers
Published on: April 22, 2019 1:54 PM