Police arrested Mohammad Usman who hails from Patna in Bihar yesterday after raiding his house here. They recovered the reptiles and birds kept in boxes and cages.
The tortoises, which weigh three to five kilogrammes each, and the birds, including several varieties of parrots, were smuggled to Nepal from India and were on their way to China and Vietnam, police said.
The seized animals were supposed to be illegally transported to China and Vietnam for the purpose of feeding on restaurants and in the markets for reselling them.
The rescued animals were handed over to the Central Zoo at Jawalakhel, Lalitpur a neighbouring district of Kathmandu.
In the past also he was arrested on charges of trafficking animals illegally and got released after paying bail money to the police.
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