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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Woman pleads guilty to attempting to smuggle protected turtles from Vt. into Canada - The Boston Globe
A woman from Hong Kong pleaded guilty Friday in federal court in Vermont to a charge of smuggling for trying to illegally transfer more than two dozen protected turtles from the United States into Canada.
Woman Pleads Guilty To Smuggling Endangered Box Turtles Out Of The US In An Inflatable Kayak
A woman from China has pleaded guilty after being caught trying to smuggle 29 turtles out of Vermont and into Canada by paddling an inflatable kayak across a lake.I mean… kind of tough to talk your way out of that one.According to the Associated Press, 41-year-old Wan Yee Ng was arrested back in June at an Airbnb in Vermont with police showing up right as she was about to push off across Lake Wallace in her inflatable kayak with a duffle bag ful…
Kayaking smuggler caught attempting to row 29 protected turtles into Canada
Police arrested Wan Yee Ng, 41, who was planning to smuggle 29 protected eastern box turtles into Canada from Vermont. Her thinking was to row them across a Vermont lake in an inflatable kayak to later resell on the Chinese black market. — Read the rest The post Kayaking smuggler caught attempting to row 29 protected turtles into Canada appeared first on Boing Boing.
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