A GOOD OPTION IF YOU COMMIT TO HAVING NO OR A LOW BALANCE! A WOMAN FROM HONG KONG… PLEADING GUILTY — TO AN ATTEMPT TO SMUGGLE áDOZENS OF PROTECTED TURTLES INTO CANADA, FROM VERMONT. ACCORDING TO COURT DOCUMENTS FROM U-S BORDER PATROL… WAN YEE NG (ing) WAS ARRESTED IN LATE JUNE IN CANAAN. INVESTIGATORS SAY SHE WAS ABOUT TO GET INTO AN INFLATABLE KAYAK ON LAKE WALLACE, WITH A DUFFLE BAG. WHEN AGENTS SEARCHED THE BAG… THEY FOUND 29 áLIVE EASTERN BOX TURTLES. WRAPPED IN SOCKS. ACCORDING TO MESSAGES ON NG’S (ing’s) CELL PHONE, INVESTIGATORS SAY SHE PLANNED TO SMUGGLE THE TURTLES INTO CANAD
A woman from China pleaded guilty on Friday to attempting to smuggle 29 eastern box turtles, a protected species, across a Vermont lake into Canada by kayak.Wan Yee Ng, 41, was arrested on June 28 at an Airbnb in Canaan as she was about to get …