1500 live turtles found wrapped in duct tape at Manila airport<br /><br />Police in the Philippines have discovered 1,529 live turtles wrapped in duct tape inside suitcases abandoned in an airport.<br /><br />The customs bureau seized four suitcases in Manila on Sunday and found they were filled with rare and protected varieties including star tortoises, red-footed tortoises, sulcata tortoises and red-eared sliders.<br /><br />Officers said the cases had been brought on a flight from Hong Kong by a passenger from the Philippines and left unclaimed in the arrivals area of Manila’s Ninoy Aquino international airport.<br /><br />The reptiles were valued at up to 4.5m pesos (£60,000). There is a high demand for turtles as exotic pets, and they are valued for their meat and for use in traditional medicine in some Asian countries.<br /><br />__ PLEASE SUBSCRIBE TO MY CHANNEL <br />__SUBSCRIBE MY CHANNEL : http://pesc.pw/6WF4U<br />__HOT news in Vietnam and around the world.<br />_
