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Six endangered turtles, meant for sale, were seized on Tuesday by a team of police in a raid at Chereng Chapori under Mangaldai Police Station in Assam’s Darrang district.

Acting on a tipoff, a team of police from Mangaldai Police Station, launched a search operation in the house and campus of one Subhash Haldar of Chereng Chapori.

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During the raid, the team recovered six turtles besides 4.9 kg of ganja, said a police official.

Police have booked Halder under the relevant sections of the IPC.

Police have handed over the tortoises to the Forest department and necessary legal procedures have been followed.

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Mayukh Goswami is Northeast Now Correspondent in Mangaldai. He can be reached at: [email protected]