Nearly 200 Baby Tortoises Are Seized at Galápagos Airport

Written by <a href="index.php?option=com_comprofiler&task=userProfile&user=58884"><span class="small">Johnny Diaz, The New York Times</span></a>

Tuesday, 30 March 2021 08:15

Diaz writes: "Officials at an airport in the Galápagos Islands seized 185 baby tortoises on Sunday that were wrapped in plastic and packed in a suitcase that was bound for mainland Ecuador, the authorities said."

The tortoises were found in a suitcase that was on its way to the port city of Guayaquil, Ecuador, during an inspection at the Galápagos Ecological Airport, the authorities said. (photo: Aeropuerto Ecológico Galápagos/Facebook)

Nearly 200 Baby Tortoises Are Seized at Galápagos Airport

By Johnny Diaz, The New York Times

30 March 21

The tortoises were found on Sunday wrapped in plastic inside a red suitcase that was bound for mainland Ecuador. A police officer has been taken into custody, the authorities said.

fficials at an airport in the Galápagos Islands seized 185 baby tortoises on Sunday that were wrapped in plastic and packed in a suitcase that was bound for mainland Ecuador, the authorities said.

The tortoises were discovered in a red suitcase that was on its way to the port city of Guayaquil, Ecuador, during an inspection at the Galápagos Ecological Airport on the island of Baltra, the airport said in a statement.

An inspector noticed “irregularities’’ during an X-ray scan of the suitcase, which had been declared as carrying souvenirs, the airport said.

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