Thai customs have found 451 turtles worth 1 million baht (1,000,000฿) ($33,000) stashed in suitcases offloaded from a passenger flight from Bangladesh, the latest seizure of live creatures at Bangkok's bustling Suvarnabhumi airport.
Plus 7 false gavials and a type of freshwater crocodile included.
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Who would store turtles in suitcases. They must be stupid or are they going to sell them
If you can afford to get enough suitcases to hide 451 turtles I think you can rent your own jet. I would love to know why people would even to try and transport 451 turtles in suitcases. I bet the guy who found them will never stop laughing.
Why would someone smuggle turtles?
Raise Teenage mutant turtles?
For the money, I could see why he would try to smuggle them in. That is a lot of animals stashed in those suitcases. I’m sure that not all of them made it out alive, it would be interested to know how many didn’t make it. It’s hard to imagine that turtles and other exotic animals are worth that much that people go to such drastic measures to move them from country to country.
I get that in today society, getting money can be difficult. At the same time, to attepet smuggling 451 turtles in a suitcase! That's crazy, and so is the person who would attempt that!
um yeah thats weird.. why would you suff that many LIVE turtles in a suit case ,.... its just mean and animal crulity! poor things.
Why would someone go through the trouble of trying to smuggle that many turtles using suitcases. I'd Understand because of the money that he would make, but why turtles?