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Prison sentence for smuggling hundreds of rare parrot eggs from Nicaragua to Schiphol

Prison sentence for smuggling hundreds of rare parrot eggs from Nicaragua to Schiphol

A man has been sentenced to 100 days in jail for smuggling 257 protected parrot eggs from Nicaragua through Schiphol Airport in the Netherlands. The defendant claimed he believed he was transporting chicken eggs, but the court ruled he knowingly participated in the illegal trade of endangered species.

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