Tahiti: Two protected Mississippi alligator heads seized in traveler’s luggage

Polynesian customs officials have discovered two Mississippi alligator heads in a passenger’s luggage.

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The species, protected under CITES, was hidden in a bag bound for Papeete.

The traveler, arriving from the United States, faces potential criminal and customs penalties.

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