{"id":3558,"date":"2025-10-24T14:06:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T14:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/24\/women-caught-smuggling-live-tortoises-in-their-skirts\/"},"modified":"2025-10-24T14:06:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T14:06:11","slug":"women-caught-smuggling-live-tortoises-in-their-skirts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/24\/women-caught-smuggling-live-tortoises-in-their-skirts\/","title":{"rendered":"Women caught smuggling live tortoises in their skirts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>2025-10-24 14:06:09<\/b><br \/>\n<BR>Two women have been arrested in China after customs officers discovered 68 live tortoises strapped to their legs beneath their skirts.<BR><br \/>\nThe pair were stopped at Wenjindu Port, near Hong Kong, after officials noticed them &#8220;walking with stiff steps&#8221; while passing through the nothing to declare channel. <BR><br \/>\nSuspicious officers searched one of the women and uncovered 39 tortoises tied to her thighs using black tights. <BR><br \/>\nMoments later, a second woman was caught using the same method \u2014 hiding 29 more reptiles beneath her clothes.<BR><br \/>\nAuthorities confirmed all the animals, identified as star tortoises (Geochelone species), were still alive but are classed as alien wildlife prohibited from entering China.<BR><br \/>\nBoth women were detained on the spot, and the Anti-Smuggling Bureau has launched a full investigation.<BR><br \/>\nA China Customs spokesperson warned travellers that smuggling or transporting foreign species is a serious offence.<BR><br \/>\nThey said: &#8220;If you find you are carrying any of the following you must declare them, according to Chinese law. &#8220;Consequences are worse if found in possession once you have passed through customs.&#8221;<BR><br \/>\nThe agency reiterated that endangered animals, plants and biological products are strictly banned from import or export under national law.<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Visit Bang Bizarre (main website) <\/a><br \/>\n<br \/><script src=\"https:\/\/geo.dailymotion.com\/player\/xtbac.js\" data-video=\"\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2025-10-24 14:06:09 Two women have been arrested in China after customs officers discovered 68 live tortoises strapped to their legs beneath their skirts. The pair were stopped at Wenjindu Port,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2389,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3558","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bizarre"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3558","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3558"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3558\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3559,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3558\/revisions\/3559"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2389"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}