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Billgates
Were there is demand, there will always be supply. It's all about survival of the fittest.
yokomoc
Don't know if this is related, but apparently police searching their home also found a large tank of ooze in their basement.
electric2004
Thinking of turtles - let them swim.
Enkamama1
These two NitWits would face Less Time had they been drug smugglers. Next time they might take the WIDE-OPEN Mexican Border route!!
BurakuminDes
Throw the book at these two grubby individuals. I guess they may try the eating-turtle-is-Japanese-custon angle, and argue that they were going to eat them?!
borscht
Maybe they could say someone else packed their bags? Or, they got the turtles from a foreigner. That always seems to work here.
smithinjapan
borscht: "Maybe they could say someone else packed their bags? Or, they got the turtles from a foreigner. That always seems to work here."
It WOULD work if they were caught here, of course, but they weren't, fortunately. 21 years is a mighty hefty sentence for it, but I hope they face SOME time for their crime.
Sarge
"turtle smuggling"
Not as serious as drug or gun smuggling.
OssanAmerica
It boggles the mind to think that there's even a demand for turtles here in the U.S. that they have to smuggle them in. I'd x-ray all those turtles for hidden drugs.
sensei258
Right up there with "eel mislabeling".
Tahoochi
"Are you bringing any alcohol, tobacco, firearms, or turtles with you on this trip?"