Last week at the Suvarnabhumi International Airport in Bangkok authorities arrested a Thai gentleman afterdiscovering 54 Ploughshare Tortoises in a suitcasehe retrieved from a baggage carousel . That ’s a lot of tortoises , particularly when you consider that the Ploughshare is one of the rarest metal money on the planet , numbering just 400 around the world .
The man was also found to be in possession of 21 Radiated Tortoises which are on the critically endangered species list as well , so authorities are pretty much confident he was part of a bigger smuggling band hellbent on monopolizing rare turtles . And you thought you were badass stealing that one passenger ’s paper when he go to the bathroom . [ TrafficviaTreehugger ]
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