WELLINGTON, New Zealand - A German reptile collector has been jailed for 14 weeks and must pay a 5,000 New Zealand dollar ($3,540) fine for plundering New Zealand's wild gecko and skink populations, a judge ruled Tuesday.
Hans Kurt Kubus, 58, is to be deported to Germany as soon as he is released from prison, Judge Colin Doherty ordered.
Kubus was caught by wildlife officials at Christchurch International Airport on South Island in December, about to board an overseas flight with 44 geckos and skinks in a hand-sewn package concealed in his underwear.
$2,800 a gecko possible
The geckos may have been worth $2,800 each on the European market, he noted.
So when I first read this article I thought this guy was a FREAK. If I was walking on a trail and saw a gecko I wouldn't give two shits if I stepped on the poor bastard. Wrong place wrong time sucker. AFTER reading this article this guy is pure genius. Attempting to steal 44 geckos he can sell for 2,800 each?! Thats 125k worth of geckos. Whose paying 2,800 for this damn lizard, its gotta be Geico headquarters right? Forget about slinging coke, god knows i'm days away from slinging geckos on the black market
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