473 protected mud turtles seized in shipment from Mexico
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The Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation has seized 473 live and dead mud turtles, a protected species, smuggled into Thailand from Mexico in a shipment falsely declared as leather belts.
The Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation has seized 473 live and dead mud turtles, a protected species, smuggled into Thailand from Mexico in a shipment falsely declared as leather belts.
Natural Resources and Environment Minister Suchart Chomklin said on Friday that officials from the Suvarnabhumi airport wildlife checkpoint and relevant agencies jointly intercepted the shipment on Nov 3.
The turtles, belonging to the Kinosternidae family, were concealed in five international express parcels at the airport's inbound cargo warehouse free zone, said Mr Suchart.
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