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  • Passenger caught with 499 tortoises in luggage

    09/16/2003 8:22:17 AM PDT · by bedolido · 20 replies · 259+ views
    Yahoooooo News ^ | 09/16/03 | Staff Writer
    SINGAPORE (Reuters) - 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. The 28-year-old man had tried to smuggle the tortoises from Chennai in southern India but was caught on Monday at Singapore's main international airport, said an official at the Agri-Food & Veterinary Authority of Singapore. He was promised S$100 (36 pounds) for smuggling the star-striped animals, which have a street value of about S$30,000, the AVA said on Tuesday. The tortoises were handed over to the...