GAYA JI, Dec. 21 -- A joint team of the Railway Protection Force (RPF) and Government Railway Police (GRP) recovered 48 live turtles from Howrah-Dehradun (13010 Doon Express) train, officials said on Friday. But the smugglers were still out of reach as in the last two recoveries within a week.

The recovered turtles, with an estimated value of Rs.24 lakh in international markets, were safely handed over to the forest department, officials said.

During a joint patrol being conducted on Gaya Ji railway station premises on Saturday night under RPF inspector Banarsi Yadav, Crime Intelligence Branch inspector Chandan Kumar and sub-inspector Rajnitik Prasad of GRP Gaya, railway police searched coach S-7 of train no. 13010 DN (Doon Express) arr...