The packages in a California mail facility were labeled as almonds and chocolate cookies. But inside were dozens of turtles wrapped in socks to keep them from moving and alerting authorities.

The turtles intercepted at a Torrance mail facility were bound in socks to protect their shells and so they could not move and alert authorities.

Sai Keung Tin, 54, was sentenced on Friday for his role in trafficking eastern box turtles, according to the U.S. Department ...

Tin illegally aided in trying to send the turtles from the United States to China, according to an indictment. Wildlife inspectors intercepted four packages addressed to “Ji Yearlong,” a name ...

a northwestern pond turtle, wet clothing and tools apparently used to pry abalone from rocks, authorities said in a statement. Abalone once were to California what lobster is to Maine, but ...

A police search of a vehicle pulled over in California turned up drugs, illegally harvested abalone and a pond turtle, California police reported. A 46-year-old Santa Rosa man driving the vehicle ...

By Marissa Wenzke Click here for updates on this story LOS ANGELES, California (KCAL, KCBS) — A Hong Kong man was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison Friday for smuggling a protect turtles ...