LONDON: A seafood salesman was found guilty Friday of smuggling an estimated 5.3 million critically-endangered baby eels from Europe to East Asia via Britain.
Khoo imported elvers from European countries, held them at a farm in Gloucestershire, southwest England, then repackaged and labelled them as"chilled fish" to be sent onwards to East Asia. "The entire operation run by Khoo to trade in these critically-endangered animals was illegal from start to finish, and there is no doubt his sole motivation was money," said NCA senior investigating officer Ian Truby.
Where did he slip the eels into....