2,300 baby turtles seized from passenger at Chennai airport
Siddharth Prabhakar | TNN | Oct 12, 2018, 19:21 IST
Wild life Crime Control Bureau certified the baby turtles as red-eared sliders, an exotic species of foreign origin.CHENNAI: Customs officials at Chennai airport seized 2,300 baby turtles from the baggage of a passenger who arrived from Bangkok on a Thai Airways flight on Thursday.
The live turtles were found in six cartons. Wild life Crime Control Bureau certified the turtles as red-eared sliders, an exotic species of foreign origin. It is an invasive species causing negative impact on ecosystem, and its import is banned by the EU.
However, these turtles are not covered under CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora) and the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972.
Customs officials said the turtles had been sent back to the country of import and the passenger had been penalised Rs 50,000 under Section 111 of the Customs Act.
The live turtles were found in six cartons. Wild life Crime Control Bureau certified the turtles as red-eared sliders, an exotic species of foreign origin. It is an invasive species causing negative impact on ecosystem, and its import is banned by the EU.
However, these turtles are not covered under CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora) and the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972.
Customs officials said the turtles had been sent back to the country of import and the passenger had been penalised Rs 50,000 under Section 111 of the Customs Act.
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