Police Seize 30 Baby Crocodiles Hidden in Bag on Train in Egypt

Egyptian security forces have confiscated 30 baby crocodiles that were being smuggled aboard a passenger train from Aswan to Alexandria.

• Police at Assiut station seized 30 crocodiles, 20–25 centimeters long, from a bag carried by an air-conditioning technician on the Aswan–Alexandria train.
• Three of the crocodiles died after they were found.
• The public prosecution ordered the crocodiles returned to their natural habitat at Lake Nasser in Aswan.
• The reptiles were handed to the Wadi el-Assiuti reserve for care, and Environment Minister Manal Awad stressed confronting illegal practices threatening wildlife.