Assam police have arrested a man from a railway station in Guwahati for trying to smuggle 15 rare Gecko Lizards.
The man identified as Sanjay Rai was trying to smuggle the endangered species to eastern state of West Bengal, police officials said.
He told officials he had caught the geckos from Kumarghat in Tripura and was taking them to Siliguri.
"During search operation at the railway station, we found a man named Sanjay Rai hailing from Kolkata carrying 15 gecko lizards of various sizes in a bag," said police official, Sisir Bhatta.
Geckos have large international market value and they are transported to China from northeastern states via Nepal. There are many instances where gecko smugglers have been arrested in the city and other parts of the state.
