Customs officials at Hanoi's Noi Bai International airport discovered six tonnes of turtles smuggled into Vietnam aboard a Thai Airways flight from Malaysia. Custome officers found 4,159 turtles of five different species. Only about 1,000 turtles have survived and are receiving care at the Wild Animal Rescue Center. —AFP
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| Friday, May 24, 2013 
Customs officials at Hanoi's Noi Bai International airport discovered six tonnes of turtles smuggled into Vietnam aboard a Thai Airways flight from Malaysia. Custome officers found 4,159 turtles of five different species. Only about 1,000 turtles have survived and are receiving care at the Wild Animal Rescue Center. —AFP