Alipurduar (WB), Oct 31 (PTI) The police rescued two geckos, an endangered species in demand in certain countries for their supposed medicinal values, from a village in West Bengal's Alipurduar district and arrested two persons for smuggling the reptiles.

The two smugglers were arrested from Jashodanga Bazar area on Friday night following a tip-off, Biraj Mukherjee, officer-in-charge of Shamuktala police station.

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The two geckos were seized from them and handed over to the forest department, he said.

Geckos are an endangered species and trading or killing them is a punishable offence under the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.

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The two arrested persons were residents of Nurpur village under Turturi gram panchayat in the district, Mukherjee said.

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