Ukrainian Man Arrested for Allegedly Trying to Smuggle 120 Tortoises Into Poland

Fox News/AP ^ | June 02, 2009 | staff reporter

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WARSAW, Poland — A Polish customs official says a Ukrainian man has been arrested for allegedly trying to smuggle about 120 live Central Asian tortoises into the country.

Customs spokeswoman Malgorzata Eichelberger says the animals were found bound by black tape and stacked in a converted gasoline tank of a car the man drove Tuesday from Ukraine to the Medyka border crossing.

The 34-year-old man allegedly planned to sell them at a Polish market.

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What do the Poles need more tortoises for?

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

I’ve been through the Polish border by bus. They have tighter security than WE do. Some have to wait hours or DAYS to cross.

[green pastures]

But I understand that the man trying to smuggle 121 rabbits into Poland succeeded. He made it through by a hare.

[a fool in paradise]

Customs spokeswoman Malgorzata Eichelberger says the animals were found bound by black tape and stacked in a converted gasoline tank of a car

My car is turtle powered...

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I think it’s a shell game. ;-P

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I've been behind you in traffic ....and yes ..........I was the one blowing the horn. ;)

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