Sri Lankan Customs Officers Seized Hundred Live Star Tortoises Labeled As Seafood

Sri Lankan Customs Officers Seized Hundred Live Star Tortoises Labeled As Seafood

Srilanka: The custom officer of Sri Lanka has seized 206 live star turtles, which comes in the list of an endangered species. Smugglers had pasted dry sea food labels on the packets of turtles. An attempt was being made to take them to Malaysia. The biggest smuggling of this kind has been caught since 2015 in Sri Lanka. The Customs Officer was quoted as saying that the Biodiversity, Cultural, National Heritage and Protection Division of Sri Lanka Customs seized live turtles at the Air Cargo Exports Terminal of Colombo International…

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