Sri Lanka Air Port Custom Officers Have Arrested A Man Who Attempted To Smuggle A Stock Of Live Star Tortoises To Malaysia

The Sri Lanka Custom Officers have arrested a Sri Lankan resident at the Katunayake International Air Port last morning with 124 Live Star Tortoises when he attempted to smuggle the valuable Tortoises to Malaysia.

The Star Tortoises with a value of US Dollars 1000 per a Tortoise ,were recovered when the suspect was loaded them to a flight leaving Malaysia from the Katunayake Air Port.

The Custom Officers have imposed a fine of Rs.300,000 for the suspect and investigations are underway on the incident.

This was the biggest haul of Live Tortoises arrested by Air Port Customs since 1997 it has been reported.