40 Turtles Stolen from Pamplemousses Garden

It is a lucrative business that seems to take more and more friquent. Wednesday, Oct. 30, theft of 40 turtles in Pamplemousses Garden has been reported to the police. Yet, during a recent census conducted yesterday, in the afternoon, all were present. This suggests that the theft was committed at night.

These older turtles nine months can bring up to Rs 200,000. Since last year, dozens of tortoises have been stolen by traffickers. Moreover, this is not the first time turtles are stolen Pamplemousses Botanical Garden. recently as March this year, 21 young giant tortoises there had been removed overnight . The value of turtles was then estimated at Rs 400,000.