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Over 700 Red-Eared Slider Turtles Seized at Kolkata Airport

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Kolkata, July 23 (IANS) The officials of the Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) of the Indian Customs Department, on Wednesday night, recovered over 700 red-eared slider turtles.The category of turtles classified as one of the world’s 100 worst invasive species, was recovered from the luggage of a passenger coming from Bangkok at the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport in Kolkata on Wednesday night.It is learnt that a flight from Bangkok landed at the Kolkata Airport on Wednesday night and…