The Railway Protection Force (RPF) has recovered turtles worth several lakhs at the Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Junction, Mughalsarai in the North East Express, going from New Delhi to Guwahati and arrested nine smugglers.
"The Lizard King" - a Florida reptile dealer - faces federal charges because of his illegal activities which are collecting turtles from the wild and smuggling them out of the United States so they can be sold overseas. ABC News reported that since 2009, gathering wild turtles for commercial sale has been prohibited in Florida.