{"id":19290,"date":"2024-01-23T11:32:08","date_gmt":"2024-01-23T11:32:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/23\/398-live-tortoises-seized-while-being-smuggled-in-odishas-malkangiri-4-detained-n-f-times\/"},"modified":"2024-01-23T11:32:10","modified_gmt":"2024-01-23T11:32:10","slug":"398-live-tortoises-seized-while-being-smuggled-in-odishas-malkangiri-4-detained-n-f-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/23\/398-live-tortoises-seized-while-being-smuggled-in-odishas-malkangiri-4-detained-n-f-times\/","title":{"rendered":"398 live tortoises seized while being smuggled in Odisha\u2019s Malkangiri, 4 detained &#8211; N.F Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-513762\">&#13;<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-header post-tp-1-header\">\n<div class=\"post-meta-wrap clearfix\">\n<div class=\"post-meta single-post-meta\">\n\t\t\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"post-author-name\"><b>Suranjan Mishra<\/b><\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"time\"><time class=\"post-published updated\" datetime=\"2024-01-23T16:45:07+05:30\">Published On : <b>Jan 23, 2024 at 4:45 PM<\/b><\/time><\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"time\"><time class=\"post-published updated\" datetime=\"2024-01-23T16:52:58+05:30\">Updated On : <b>Jan 23, 2024 at 4:52 PM<\/b><\/time><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"single-featured\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t&#13;<\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content clearfix single-post-content\">\n<p><strong>Kalimela:<\/strong> As many as 398 live tortoises were recovered and later seized today by a team of cops at a check gate under Motu police limits bordering Andhra Pradesh and in Malkangiri district, while the reptiles were being smuggled to elsewhere. Police have detained four persons in this connection.<\/p>\n<p>According to a source, the reptiles were packed in 22 large sacks and kept in a mini-truck. The team also seized the vehicle and the accused persons are being interrogated to accumulate more information.<\/p>\n<p>The police personnel were carrying out a route checking of vehicles in the morning. The tortoises were being illegally transported from neighbouring Andhra to Odisha. Motu police have registered a case and launched a detailed probe to ascertain the involvement of any other person(s) in the smuggling.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe live tortoises were handed over to Forest department,\u201d Motu police station IIC Laxmidhar Lenka expressed.<\/p>\n<p>Tortoises have a good demand in Malkangiri markets and are sold for Rs 400 to Rs 500 per kilogram. 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