31 Turtles in Shoe Boxes: Police Stop Driver without Driver's License at Feet

Sueddeutsche Zeitung

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Actually, the animals are currently hibernating and are only transported in exceptional cases. Neither the turtles nor the driver apparently had valid papers.

merkur.de

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31 Greek tortoises escaped an uncertain future on Sunday. The federal police stopped a transport at the Füssen border tunnel, in which both the papers were incorrect and the driver was on the road without a valid driver's license.

Spiegel

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At the Füssen border tunnel, the police controlled a car and made an unusual discovery: 31 turtles in shoe boxes. The driver's explanation made the officers stunned.

mainwelle.de

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The Federal Police found 31 turtles in several shoe boxes in a car – and thus stopped an alleged illegal animal transport. On Sunday, the officials checked a vehicle on the A7 at the Füssen border tunnel, as the Federal Police reported. During the inspection, the driver indicated that he wanted to take 26 land and five albino turtles for a friend from the Czech Republic to a zoo in Belgium. The officials became sloppy, because in this season tur…

Augsburger Allgemeine

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Police in Füssen stopped a driver who was transporting 31 tortoises across Europe. He did not have a driver's license.