and you thought fish were fun!
well they normally are when you keep
them as pets, but they are not so funny when you smuggle them, in fact they are
decidedly unfunny as one man found out when he was caught trying to smuggle A$235,000 worth of exotic fish into Australia in his
luggage, he has appeared in the
Adelaide Magistrates Court, customs officers allegedly found 20 plastic bags
containing live and dead endangered fish concealed in the man's luggage when he
arrived at the Adelaide Airport on a flight from Singapore on February 2,
around 26 of the fish were
listed under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of
Wild Fauna and Flora, the Adelaide Magistrates Court heard Kuok Weai Alex
Chang, 44, may plead guilty to importing a protected species at his next
hearing in three weeks, Australian
Customs and Border Protection Service's central regional commander James Watson
said illicit wildlife trafficking was a horrible trade, but that working
together with partner agencies was the best way to stop it, 'these arrests
should send a strong message to anyone involved in wildlife smuggling: Customs
and Border Protection is serious about working with our law enforcement partners
to target you, Mr Watson said, and you may have thought that keeping a few fish was so harmless.
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