Eight young marsh crocodiles, two tortoises and as many Australian parrots were seized Monday from a locality in Maharashtra, police said. Two persons have been detained in this connection and the police are investigating if they had brought the animals for smuggling, they said.

Acting on a complaint of a wildlife activist, the Nashik Crime Branch conducted a raid at a house in Bhadrakali locality and seized the reptiles and the endangered birds, a police release said.