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Turtles in trucks Police seized 3,396 Indian softshell turtles, apparently meant to be smuggled to Bangladesh, from two mini-trucks at two spots under the Barrackpore police commissionerate on Wednesday. Titagarh police recovered 1,559 turtles hidden under potato sacks from a mini-truck at Chiria More on BT Road. Belgharia police found 1,837 more while checking a vehicle on Neelganj Feeder Road. Four persons two in each case were arrested. Probe is on. Both vehicles have Uttar Pradesh registrations. “A probe has begun, but it is not yet clear where the turtles were scheduled to be supplied,” Mitra said. A Barrackpore Commissionerate official said that prima facie it appeared that the turtles were going to be handed over to members of a smuggling racket before heading to Bangladesh. ....