Guwahati, Aug. 12 -- Forest officials in South Tripura rescued ten endangered monitor lizards and arrested a 21-year-old man suspected of being involved in wildlife trafficking.

The incident occurred during a routine check along Tripura's Belonia-Sonamura road, near the Trishna Wildlife Sanctuary in the Belonia subdivision, on Monday.

A team of forest guards, with assistance from BSF personnel, intercepted a scooter rider and seized the lizards from his possession.

The accused was traveling from Rajnagar to Belonia when the officials stopped his two-wheeler.Upon searching him, the team recovered ten monitor lizards concealed in three sacks.

The lizards were seized, and the individual was arrested under the Wildlife Protection Act, 197...