Sai Keung Tin, 54, was sentenced on Friday for his role in trafficking eastern box turtles, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.

Prosecutors say Sai Keung Tin trafficked about 2,100 box turtles to Hong Kong, where they were sold for upward of $2,000 each ...

The turtles intercepted at a Torrance mail facility were bound in socks to protect their shells and so they could not move and alert authorities.

A Chinese woman has pleaded guilty to trying to smuggle 29 eastern box turtles by kayaking from Vermont to Canada. Wan Yee Ng, 41, was arrested in June in Canaan as she was about to get into an ...

Studies are suggesting that the box turtle popu­lation is dwindling, even as they remain common pets in many households.

KOCHI: The Customs Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) intercepted a man attempting to smuggle four turtles and a rabbit at Kochi ...

Kochi: Air intelligence unit of customs at Cochin International Airport (Cial) seized four live turtles and a rabbit from a ...

In June 2023, inspectors found four packages containing 40 eastern box turtles and intercepted them at an international mail facility in Torrance. He pleaded guilty to all four federal charges in ...

The packages in a California mail facility were labeled as almonds and chocolate cookies. But inside were dozens of turtles wrapped in socks to keep them from moving and alerting authorities.

Sai Keung Tin, 54, was sentenced on Friday for his role in trafficking eastern box turtles — a protected species, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. Tin, also known as Ricky Tin ...

The turtles were bound in socks to protect their shells and so they could not move and alert authorities, officials said. The eastern box turtle is a subspecies of the common box turtle and is ...