Overview
- PBI officers at Chabacano station on Line 8 detained a man after a rider alerted them to suspicious cargo.
- The suspect exhibited evasive behavior, leading to a preventive search that uncovered several bags with protected turtle eggs.
- Pericial personnel documented the evidence and counted 360 eggs before placing them at the disposal of the FGR.
- Under the Federal Penal Code, possessing, collecting or storing turtle products is punishable by one to nine years in prison and fines.
- Semarnat notes that illegal egg extraction reduces marine turtle populations in Mexico, where all species are classified as endangered.