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Yubaru
Send the lizards home!
Yubaru
Oh an while the authorities are at it, please do everyone a favor and make an example of BOTH the smugglers and buyers, like "cage" them up for a few years!
sensei258
Were these lizards found during a full body scan?
sensei258
That's embarrassing. 'What are you in for?',..'armed robbery and attempted murder. what about you?' 'lizard Smuggling'
macv
they'll be put in the herpetology unit at the detention center while their appeal for amnesty may take years
Do the hustle
If you ever have a chance to have a look inside an exotic pet shop in Tokyo, be prepared for a major shock. You’ll find many endangered and protected species of animals from all over the world. It’s quite obvious that these places are not scrutinized by authorities until someone is caught importing them.
Cricky
They are just referred to prosecutors probably prosecutors not so interested.
rainyday
Its good to see the prosecutors are taking these cases seriously.
Wakarimasen
If they are referred to prosecutors does that mean they are currently in detention?
Strangerland
No, this can happen even when someone is not detained.
Andrew Crisp
There was six Japanese caught in Australia attempting to smuggle lizards, there must be some serious money getting paid to the lizard smugglers to risk a jail term.
Wakarimasen
So poor tiny bit of MDMA Sawajiri is 23 days and cou8nting in detention but these lawbreakers smuggling endangered live animals are out free? That's justice.