英倫翻譯社/ Trsmaster

2024/07/16 05:30
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A woman from China has been arrested at a Vermont lake bordering Quebec for trying to smuggle 29 eastern box turtles, a protected species, into Canada by kayak, according to Border Patrol agents.

邊境巡邏執法人員指稱，1名來自中國的女子在與加拿大魁北克省接壤的佛蒙特州湖邊被捕，因為她試圖以輕艇將29隻受保護的物種—東方箱龜走私到加拿大。

Wan Yee Ng was arrested on the morning of June 28 at an Airbnb in Canaan as she was about to get into an inflatable kayak with a duffle bag on Lake Wallace, according to an agent’s affidavit filed in federal court. Agents had been notified by Royal Canadian Mounted Police that two other people, including a man who was believed to be her husband, had started to paddle an inflatable watercraft from the Canadian side of the lake toward the United States.

根據1名執法人員向聯邦法院提交的證詞，吳萬怡（Wan Yee Ng）6月28日上午在迦南的1家Airbnb出租民宿被捕，當時她帶著行李袋，正準備踏入華萊士湖上的充氣輕艇。這些執法人員先前獲加拿大皇家騎警通知，另外2人，包括1名據信是吳萬怡丈夫的男子，已開始划著1艘充氣船，從華萊士湖的加拿大一側前往美國。

The agents searched her heavy duffle bag and found 29 live eastern box turtles individually wrapped in socks, the affidavit states. Eastern box turtles are known to be sold on the Chinese black market for $1,000 each, according to the affidavit.

根據證詞，執法人員搜查吳萬怡沉重的行李袋，發現29隻活的東方箱龜，牠們分別被包在襪子裡。證詞說，已知東方箱龜在中國黑市的售價為每隻1000美元。



新聞辭典
smuggle，動詞，走私、偷運。例句：She was caught trying to smuggle 26 kilos of heroin out of the country. （她在企圖將26公斤的海洛因走私出境時被補。)

inflatable，形容詞，可充氣的、得意的、膨脹的。例句：I bought a new inflatable mattress for camping.（我為了露營買了一張新的充氣床墊。）

英倫翻譯社轉自 https://features.ltn.com.tw/english/article/paper/1656793