KHULNA, – Rapid Action Battalion (RAB)-6 arrested a smuggler with 77 rear wild turtles from Ghona Bandha village area under Dumuria upazila of the district last night.

The arrested was identified as Ramesh Mistry, 34, of Ghona Bandha village of the upazila.

A special team of RAB-6, being informed, conducted the drive around 10 pm at the residence of Ramesh while he was selling turtles wrapped into four sacks, operation officer of RAB-6 major Md Anisuzzaman said.

Ramesh is the member of wild turtles smuggling group, he said, adding that Ramesh is trading wild turtles across the country including Cumilla, Chandpur and Bikrampur of Dhaka for long.

He was handed over to Dumuria Police Station with a case, the RAB official added.