An Ecuadorian policeman has been arrested after airport officials in the Galapagos Islands discovered 185 baby giant tortoises stuffed in a suitcase to be trafficked, prosecutors said Monday. The reptiles, no more than three months old, were found in luggage destined for Guayaquil in mainland Ecuador during a routine inspection on Baltra island Sunday, authorities said. The juvenile critters had been wrapped in plastic, and ten of them had died by the time the suitcase was opened.

Suitcase yields 185 baby tortoises. (2021, March 31). Daily Tribune, p. B14.