US museum curator accused of trying to smuggle spider and scorpion samples out of Turkey
by Edward Helmore from US news | The Guardian on (#6MRSP)
Expert with American Museum of Natural History held in Istanbul after allegedly trying to take about 1,500 samples
A scorpion and spider expert with the American Museum of Natural History was detained in Istanbul on Monday while allegedly attempting to smuggle samples of both arachnida groups out of Turkey.
Lorenzo Prendini was held by police at Istanbul airport for allegedly trying to take about 1,500 samples out of the country, Turkish media reported.
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