I know times are tough, and people do some crazy things, but this might have gone a little too far...
"Customs staff at Malaysia's Kuala Lumpur International Airport noticed something stirring in two bags and discovered 300 tortoises hidden amid shredded paper.
Found taped up inside the sacks were 285 radiated tortoises, 15 spider tortoises and one Madagascar tortoise - all endangered species indigenous to Madagascar, said Loo Kean Seong, a senior official of the Department of Wildlife and National Parks.
Two slabs of cannabis weighing about two kilos were also discovered, said Nordin Kadir, narcotics chief of central Selangor state, where the airport is located (Express.co.uk)."
So not only was this guy trying to smuggle endangered turtles, but he also decided to smuggle a shit load of pot. I guess if you are really going to do all of this that you might as well get it all done in one shot. Still, you need to hide the turtles better then just in bad with shredded paper, that's just poor planning.
Also, I looked up "Spider tortoises", and they are not nearly as cool as you would think.
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