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MUMBAI: Two men were arrested after they were caught with a creep of 300 star tortoises meant to be smuggled abroad. The star tortoises, also known as button tortoises, had been bundled in a very "claustrophobic" manner- some were stuffed into two tiny boxes and some in haversacks with hardly any ventilation. "The gang of three was to hand over these tortoises to their contact in Navi Mumbai," said an official of the agency. The official refused to identify the person as this person too is absconding and a manhunt has been launched to nab him. "We had information that they were travelling by the Maharashtra state-run Shivneri bus which was to take the Pune route..