Animals A Vietnamese passenger was arrested at an Australian airport after he was an exotic fish, the country tried to smuggle. That, reports ABC News. He carried the fish reported to be in a pouch around his neck.
The 34-year-old passenger was caught when he was searched upon arrival at the airport of Adelaide. The agents discovered around his neck a bag of water containing a live fish. the
It went to a “Scleropages formosus”, an endangered fish species from the family of the beentongvissen, as it turned out. The fish can yield a lot of money on the black market. It survived the trip, incidentally, is not: the authorities ruled that there is a great likelihood that the animal diseases carried and decided to finish it. the
The man was arrested and should be in may appear before the judge. He risks a fine of up to 210.000 Australian dollar and a prison sentence of up to ten years.
