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Passenger caught with 499 tortoises in luggage
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| 09/16/03
| Staff Writer
Posted on 09/16/2003 8:22:17 AM PDT by bedolido
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posted on
09/16/2003 8:22:20 AM PDT
by
bedolido
To: bedolido
Aparently he felt 500 tortoises would be silly?
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posted on
09/16/2003 8:24:06 AM PDT
by
TheBigB
(I don't believe in Astrology. We Scorpios are skeptical.)
To: bedolido
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posted on
09/16/2003 8:24:59 AM PDT
by
mikeb704
To: bedolido
WOT bump. (war on turtles)
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posted on
09/16/2003 8:26:03 AM PDT
by
GSWarrior
To: bedolido
It was just for the shell of it.
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posted on
09/16/2003 8:26:03 AM PDT
by
martin_fierro
(A v v n c v l v s M a x i m v s)
To: bedolido
Singapore has charged an Indian national for trading in endangered wildlife after finding 499 live star tortoises in his carry-on luggage, the latest sign of growing Asian trade in illegal animals."Ohmigawd! One of the little buggers got loose! Basil! BASILLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL -- !" :)
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posted on
09/16/2003 8:26:13 AM PDT
by
KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
("The Clintons have damaged our country. They have done it together, in unison." -- Peggy Noonan)
To: bedolido
What a terrapinhead.
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posted on
09/16/2003 8:26:50 AM PDT
by
martin_fierro
(A v v n c v l v s M a x i m v s)
To: TheBigB
He probably got hungry & made soup out of #500. ;^)
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posted on
09/16/2003 8:26:52 AM PDT
by
Constitution Day
(+ R.I.P., Man in Black. +)
To: bedolido
No, I'm not smuggling. These are personal use turtles.....
To: bedolido; Poohbah; Dog; section9; Howlin; PhiKapMom; colorado tanker; Long Cut; Southack; ...
Pinging a bunch of folks to this.
Note the penalty for the wildife smuggling in Singapore: $5,000 and up to a year in the slammer.
Now, what are the penalties for running in drugs there? Anyone know? Anyone WANT to know? I'll bet they're a lot harsher.
Run the comparison for the USA as well.
Wildlife smuggling is second on the list of stuff that gets moved on the black market, second only to drugs. The risks are a lot less, though. If al-Qaeda wanted to raise extra cash, this could be a way for them to do just that.
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posted on
09/16/2003 8:27:12 AM PDT
by
hchutch
(The National League needs to adopt the designated hitter rule.)
To: Constitution Day
"Pardon me sir, but is that a loggerhead [turtle] in your pocket?" :)
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posted on
09/16/2003 8:28:11 AM PDT
by
TheBigB
(I don't believe in Astrology. We Scorpios are skeptical.)
To: bedolido
Thank God they didn't make it into the cockpit...
To: hchutch
Now, what are the penalties for running in drugs there? Anyone know?Yes. It's a capital offense.
BTW, a year in a Singapore prison is no joke.
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posted on
09/16/2003 8:30:08 AM PDT
by
Poohbah
("[Expletive deleted] 'em if they can't take a joke!" -- Major Vic Deakins, USAF)
To: Poohbah; Catspaw
True, but it is much better than getting strung up, shot, or whatever way Singapore does capital punishment (I'm willing to bet it ain't pleasant OR pretty).
You want a low-risk black market activity? Smuggling parrots or turtles or whatever else might be a good way to do that.
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posted on
09/16/2003 8:32:54 AM PDT
by
hchutch
(The National League needs to adopt the designated hitter rule.)
To: hchutch
I think you have hit upon something. Might I suggest a note to the FBI would be appropriate?
To: bedolido
finding 499 live star tortoises in his carry-on luggage,Obviously the guy who smuggled in the 499 hares must have made it passed the customs.
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posted on
09/16/2003 8:38:51 AM PDT
by
scouse
To: bedolido
10,000 Nuns and orphans bump
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posted on
09/16/2003 8:40:20 AM PDT
by
new cruelty
("With a name like '499 tortoises in luggage' , it's got to be great jam.")
To: Miss Marple
Don't have any hard evidence they'd actually be trying that at this point. All it is right now is an idea.
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posted on
09/16/2003 8:41:30 AM PDT
by
hchutch
(The National League needs to adopt the designated hitter rule.)
To: bedolido
He will be punished by being turned on his back in the hot sun.
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posted on
09/16/2003 8:42:14 AM PDT
by
Wolfie
To: bedolido
Quidam?
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