Aizawl, April 4 -- Officials from the Champhai Forest Division and Assam Rifles personnel rescued 31 exotic animals, during a joint operation at Zokhawthar village in East Mizoram's Champhai district near the Myanmar border on Wednesday, an official said on Thursday."

Regarding the cases the authority arrested 6 persons, including a Myanmar national for trafficking the exotics animals from Myanmar, worth around Rs. 1.3 crore in the international market, the official said.

The rescued wildlife animals included27African spurred tortoises, 3Patagonian maras and aAlbino Burmese python, the official confirmed.

Moreover, the authority sent the six accused to a district jail in Champhai as per the district judicial magistrate's order.

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