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June 10, 2021 05:00 pm GMT
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Woman arrested at US border for smuggling 18 crocodile skulls and a single sloth
According to the Bangor Daily News, a Montreal woman was arrested at the US-Canada border in Highgate Springs, Vermont, after trying to smuggle the following items into the country:
- 1 three-toed sloth
- 18 crocodile skulls and heads
- 7 crocodile feet
- 2 horseshoe crabs
- 30 sea stars
- 23 raccoon feet
- 8 African antelope horns
- 1 human skull "with mounted butterflies"
- 4 puffer fish
- 6 six shark jaws
The woman, Vanessa Rondeau, owns a retail store in Montreal called Old Cavern Boutique, which "offers for sale a variety of unique curiosity and oddity items, many composed in whole or in part from wildlife." — Read the rest
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