Police have seized around 150 turtles from a bus in Monohar Bazar area in Sadar upazila.
They have also detained the bus supervisor and produced him before a mobile court which fined him over the seizure of tortoises.
Sources at the upazila administration said a team of police conducted a drive at the Dhaka-bound ‘DS Paribahan’ bus on Saturday and seized around 150 tortoises.
They also detained bus supervisor Selim Hossain.
Later, he was produced before the mobile court, led by upazila nirbahi officer (UNO) M Mahabur Rahman Sheikh, which slapped the fine on him.
The seized turtles were also released in the Kirtinasha River, UNO said.