SINGAPORE-INDIA-CRIME-TORTOISE

An officer from Singapore's Immigration and Custom Authority (ICA) holds one of many star tortoise which were found in the hand luggage of an Indian national at Singapore's Changi Airport, 15 September 2003. An Indian national was apprehended for illegal possessing 499 endangered star tortoises, valued between 14,000 USD and 17,000 USD. SINGAPORE OUT AFP PHOTO/STRAITS TIMES