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Singapore Man To Face Sa Court Accused Of Smuggling $300,000 Of Endangered Fish Into Australia

Started by dave06, Feb 09 2015 09:13 AM

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#1 dave06

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Posted 09 February 2015 - 09:13 AM

Interesting read:

http://www.adelaiden...5-1227212799762

Seems abit exaggerated though, Aro's are alot scarcer than they used to be, but 30k is a fair bit off the mark!

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#2 jjm66smokey

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Posted 09 February 2015 - 09:28 AM

Yes, I think $30K is a little pricey for an Aro.

Maybe they put the decimal point in the wrong place because if this ad is legit

http://vic.buyandsel...au/ad/100066537

you could pick one up from $300.

Whilst it seems around $3,000 is more the go on...

http://www.qldaf.com...anas-aus-26636/

Some nice looking L numbers in the picture of 7 bagged fish though. Are they L66 King Tigers or L46 Zebras? It would be nice if AQIS would auction them off!

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#3 Westie

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Posted 09 February 2015 - 09:31 AM

there's always some prick in this hobby looking to make a quick buck

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#4 MrLeifBeaver

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Posted 09 February 2015 - 10:06 AM

My brother jsut emailed me this. Interesting, are some of them L133s?

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#5 jjm66smokey

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Posted 09 February 2015 - 11:08 AM

Quite possibly MrLeifBeaver, but I think only BigJohnnoFish is qualified enough an L-person to tell the difference between an L66 and an L133 in that photo!

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#6 sue

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Posted 09 February 2015 - 01:58 PM

I think they may be Panaques.

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#7 Peckoltia

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Posted 09 February 2015 - 02:15 PM

there's always some prick in this hobby looking to make a quick buck

Without these 'pricks' we wouldn't see half the fish we do in Australia.

And yes Sue is right, they are Panaque nigrolineatus in the photo.

L190 most likely.

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#8 Westie

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Posted 09 February 2015 - 03:55 PM

good point

doubt he would be smuggling rare fish in to create diversity in the hobby though

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#9 Shane-o88

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Posted 09 February 2015 - 04:03 PM

Will be interesting to see the final outcome!! Wonder how many times he got away with it before he was caught?

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#10 Michael the fish fanatic

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Posted 09 February 2015 - 04:17 PM

An albino 24k gold arowana at 12 inches is $30,000 in Malaysia

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#11 Peckoltia

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Posted 09 February 2015 - 04:23 PM

good point

doubt he would be smuggling rare fish in to create diversity in the hobby though

The outcome is still the same.

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#12 Kleinz

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Posted 09 February 2015 - 06:43 PM

I will be interested to see what the fine/punishment will be.

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#13 pacco

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Posted 09 February 2015 - 07:22 PM

I think the book will be thrown, especially considering who he is.... worried about the ramifications it'll have for legitimate importers as well....

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#14 Westie

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Posted 09 February 2015 - 07:51 PM

Yeah I heard he owns a fish shop in Adelaide
Naughty boy

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#15 pacco

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Posted 09 February 2015 - 08:05 PM

Ahhh no, although I think one of the other people raided connected to him might do. The guy who brought the fish in is a director in one of the largest fish and aquarium product exporters in Singapore