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Police have been left shell-shocked after finding more than 1,500 live turtles wrapped in duct tape in unclaimed luggage in the Philippines.<\/p>\n

The 1,529 reptiles, with a street value of \u00a366,000, were discovered in four checked-in suitcases at Manila\u2019s Ninoy Aquino airport.<\/p>\n

The Bureau of Customs seized the cases and found they were filled with rare and protected varieties including star tortoises, red-footed tortoises, sulcata tortoises and red-eared sliders.<\/p>\n

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The amphibians were discovered in four suitcases abandoned at Manila airport<\/strong><\/p>\n

Many of the reptiles were wrapped in tape or hidden inside plastic containers buried among clothes inside the suitcases.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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The reptiles were valued at up to 4.5m pesos (\u00a366,000)<\/strong><\/p>\n

The turtles have been transferred to a monitoring unit for safekeeping.<\/p>\n

The Bureau of Customs said the would-be smuggler may have got cold feet when seeing notices of the potential punishments for those caught smuggling.<\/p>\n

Source: news.sky.com<\/strong><\/p>\n

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