A seafood salesman has been convicted of smuggling an estimated 5.3 million critically endangered baby eels from Spain to East Asia via the UK over a two year period, in what is thought to be the first prosecution of its kind in the UK.
Gilbert Khoo, 67, from Parbury Rise, Chessington, was found guilty at Southwark Crown Court this month of six offences relating to the illegal importation and movement of the rare elvers.
Specialist Border Force officers found ...