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Japanese police have arrested three Chinese nationals for attempting to smuggle thousands of protected hermit crabs from the Amami Islands. Hotel staff became suspicious of unusual rustling sounds coming from their luggage. The hotel, located on the island of Amami Oshima, alerted authorities, who found around 160 kilograms of live hermit crabs packed into six […]

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