Hundreds of Tortoises Smuggled in Suitcases at Bangkok Airport.
Posted Sat Jun 11, 2011 12:24pm AEST
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/06/11/3241602.htm?section=justin
Customs officials in Thailand have intercepted an illegal shipment of 370 tortoises, hidden in two suitcases that were abandoned at Bangkok's Airport.
It is the second seizure of the protected Indian Star tortoise species at the airport within a week.
Ekalarp Rattanaruja from the Thai Customs Department says smugglers are trying new methods to outwit officials.
"Nowadays the smugglers keep changing their tactics," he said.
"Sometimes they leave them in Lost and Found, sometimes they just try to carry them through. More and more they change their methods and their routes."
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