Guwahati, Sep 26 (PTI) Two persons were arrested with over 70 tortoises at Assam's Lumding railway station, an official said on Tuesday.

The recovery was made from the Sealdah-bound Kanchenjunga Express on Monday, he said.

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The Railway Protection Force (RPF), acting on an intelligence report, recovered the reptiles during a search operation in the train at Lumding railway station upon its arrival.

A total of 74 tortoises were found inside six containers, a Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) release said on Tuesday.

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The two persons were immediately taken into custody and on further interrogation, they confessed that the reptiles were being transported from Silchar to Guwahati, it said.

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