Hong Kong customs arrested a driver after intercepting a goods vehicle and finding 760 suspected endangered reptiles. The reptiles, including turtles and lizards, are believed to be protected under international conventions.

Hong Kong customs officers have arrested a male driver after intercepting a goods vehicle at the Shenzhen Bay checkpoint and finding 760 suspected endangered reptiles, with an estimated market value of about HK$580,000 (US$74,059), hidden inside. The Customs and Excise Department on Monday said it found 106 turtles and 654 lizards hidden in his truck, believed to be endangered species protected under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora...