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Rare Tortoises Found in Luggage

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I've finally started getting email updates from Traffic, the wildlife trade monitoring network. Here is one of their stories about tortoises being smuggled in luggage.note the drug connection. The tortoise- and drug-filled bags had come in on 1 June on an Air Mauritius flight and were discovered by Customs officers at the airport.

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Tortoise Smuggling on the Rise

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Tags: wildlife smuggling reptiles tortoises. I admit I stole the title of this post straight from the article.

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Pakistani Man Caught Smuggling Rare Tortoises

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Tags: wildlife smuggling wildlife crime pakistan thailand tortoises. He was caught at a Thai airport.

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Yikes! Two TONS of Snakes & Tortoises Seized

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Cambodian police confiscated two tons of live snakes and tortoises and arrested two men trying to smuggle the slithering cargo up a river from Cambodia to Vietnam, authorities said Thursday. They found 3,640 pounds (1,655 kilograms) of snakes, mostly pythons, and 263 tortoises that weighed a combined 697 pounds (317 kilograms), said Col.

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British Man Arrested in Illegal Tortoise Trade

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Another catch by the UK's National Wildlife Crime unit. Tags: wildlife smuggling wildlife crime UK tortoises.

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