Border Patrol agents found 29 live eastern box turtles in Wan Yee Ng’s bag. The protected turtles can sell on the Chinese black market for US$1,000 each, an agent said.

One woman was moving as slow as a tortoise when she was caught red-handed trying to smuggle 29 protected turtles across a Vermont lake into Canada by kayak. Wan Yee Ng, 41, was nabbed loading up ...

A woman has pleaded guilty to attempting to smuggle 29 turtles worth more than $40,000 from the United States into Canada using an inflatable kayak. Wan Yee Ng was stopped by Border Patrol agents ...

Wan Yee Ng, 41, entered the guilty plea Friday in U.S. District Court in Burlington, Vermont to a single count of attempting to smuggle eastern box turtles from Vermont to Canada.

Wan Yee Ng will remain in custody pending her sentencing hearing Dec. 13, when she will face up to 10 years in prison, three years’ probation, a fine of up to $250,000, and a $100 special ...

Wan Yee Ng admitted to trying to smuggle 29 eastern box turtles, valued over $40,000, from the US to Canada via an inflatable kayak. She faces sentencing in December after being caught in Vermont.

A woman was caught in the act while attempting to smuggle 29 protected turtles across a Vermont lake into Canada via kayak, moving as slowly as a tortoise. Wan Yee Ng, 41, was apprehended while ...

A woman from China pleaded guilty on Friday to attempting to smuggle 29 eastern box turtles, a protected species, across a Vermont lake into Canada by kayak. Wan Yee Ng, 41, was arrested on the ...

Wan Yee Ng, 41, a Chinese woman living in Canada, was charged with “attempting to export merchandise contrary to law” and could face up to 10 years if convicted, according to the release.

One woman was moving as slow as a tortoise when she was caught red-handed trying to smuggle 29 protected turtles across a Vermont lake into Canada by kayak. Wan Yee Ng, 41, was nabbed loading up ...

Wan Yee Ng, a 41-year-old from China, was arrested in June at an Airbnb in Canaan, Vermont. She was about to get into an inflatable kayak with a duffel bag, which contained the eastern box turtles ...

A woman from China pleaded guilty on Friday to attempting to smuggle 29 eastern box turtles, a protected species, across a Vermont lake into Canada by kayak. Wan Yee Ng, 41, was arrested on the ...