A man who tried to smuggle 19 rare and endangered bird eggs into the UK strapped to his body was jailed for three years and one month on 10 January 2019. The smuggling attempt was uncovered by Border Force officers at Heathrow Airport on 26 June 2018 when officers stopped Jeffrey Lendrum after he arrived on a […]

Jacek Oleksiak (42yrs) of Blenheim Drive, Yate, Avon appeared before Bristol Magistrates Court (02/08/2018) and pleaded guilty to 9 offences of prohibited sale of Annex ‘A’ species, and a further charge of fraudulently evading export restrictions in respect to a specimen he exported to the USA without permits. Between May and June 2017 the owner […]

Officers from Surrey Police, the Metropolitan Police Wildlife Crime Unit and the UK National Wildlife Crime Unit (NWCU) took part in a joint operation on 31/07/2018 when they visited Sunbury Antiques Market at Kempton Park Racecourse.  The aim of the operation was to ensure that any traders dealing in endangered species and their derivatives were […]

Border Force officers at Heathrow Airport have seized 19 eggs containing rare and endangered bird species, two of which had already hatched. The detection was made on 26 June when officers stopped a man who had arrived on a flight from South Africa.  When the man was questioned and searched, 19 bird eggs were found […]

A Border’s man has been fined £1,000 at Jedburgh Sheriff Court today (Thursday 19th April 2018), for trading in parts of internationally protected species.  The court also  issued a forfeiture order for a mounted tiger head. Richard Wales ran an on-line business under the name “theexplorersstudy” buying and selling antiquity products containing animal derivatives from […]