Wednesday 11 February 2015

Do Not Mess With Fish 209,

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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