COLOMBO (News 1st); Sri Lanka Police arrested three people from Negombo for the illegal possession of 223 Stat Tortoises.

Two of the suspects are Indians and the other is a resident from Mulleriyawa.

Sri Lanka Police said the trio was arrested when they were preparing to transport the Star Tortoises from a building in Negombo.

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