Woman pleads guilty to trying to smuggle 29 turtles across a Vermont lake into Canada by kayak
- A Chinese woman pleaded guilty to smuggling 29 protected box turtles across the U.S.-Canada border using a kayak, intending to sell them on Hong Kong's black market, reported the Associated Press.
- Ng admitted to unlawfully attempting to export the turtles, worth over $40,000, in U.S. District Court in Vermont on Friday.
- Police seized Ng's cellphone, revealing her plans to sell the turtles for $1,000 each in Hong Kong, as stated in the plea agreement.
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