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A casual conversation on a 2023 flight exposed several wildlife crimes committed by three Northern California residents, state officials said.

The passengers also showed the officers the skull of an endangered sea turtle they were smuggling in a carry-on bag during the flight.

A California couple told plain-clothed officers they were smuggling a sea turtle skull, hunted mountain lion and their family ...

SACRAMENTO — A California couple pleaded guilty after exposing a series of wildlife crimes, including illegally smuggling the skull of an endangered sea turtle, to state Fish and Wildlife ...

On a flight to Sacramento in November 2023, a California couple found themselves in a conversation with fellow passengers about their hobbies. Little did they ...

The officers conversed with the couple, who unsuspectingly revealed that they were transporting the skull of a sea turtle from the East Coast in their luggage, according to California wildlife ...

A Butte County couple on a California flight told plain-clothed wildlife officers they were carrying an illegal sea turtle skull in their luggage. California Department of Fish and Wildlife ...