Police break up Spanish ring selling endangered turtles

In this image released by the Spanish Guardia Civil on Thursday Aug. 23, 2018, a Guardia Civil officer shows a turtle seized in Mallorca, Spain. The European law enforcement agency says Spanish police have shut down what they believe to be Europe’s biggest illegal turtle farm, selling endangered species worth 10,000 euros ($11,500) each. Europol says Thursday that police in Mallorca seized around 1,100 turtles and 750 eggs, including specimens of 14 of the 50 most endangered species in the world. (Guardia Civil via AP)

In this image released by the Spanish Guardia Civil on Thursday Aug. 23, 2018, a Guardia Civil officer shows turtles seized in Mallorca, Spain. The European law enforcement agency says Spanish police have shut down what they believe to be Europe’s biggest illegal turtle farm, selling endangered species worth 10,000 euros ($11,500) each. Europol says Thursday that police in Mallorca seized around 1,100 turtles and 750 eggs, including specimens of 14 of the 50 most endangered species in the world. (Guardia Civil via AP)

In this image released by the Spanish Guardia Civil on Thursday Aug. 23, 2018, a Guardia Civil officer shows a turtle seized in Mallorca, Spain. The European law enforcement agency says Spanish police have shut down what they believe to be Europe’s biggest illegal turtle farm, selling endangered species worth 10,000 euros ($11,500) each. Europol says Thursday that police in Mallorca seized around 1,100 turtles and 750 eggs, including specimens of 14 of the 50 most endangered species in the world. (Guardia Civil via AP)

In this image released by the Spanish Guardia Civil on Thursday Aug. 23, 2018, a Guardia Civil officer shows a turtle seized in Mallorca, Spain. The European law enforcement agency says Spanish police have shut down what they believe to be Europe’s biggest illegal turtle farm, selling endangered species worth 10,000 euros ($11,500) each. Europol says Thursday that police in Mallorca seized around 1,100 turtles and 750 eggs, including specimens of 14 of the 50 most endangered species in the world. (Guardia Civil via AP)

In this image released by the Spanish Guardia Civil on Thursday Aug. 23, 2018, a Guardia Civil officer shows turtles seized in Mallorca, Spain. The European law enforcement agency says Spanish police have shut down what they believe to be Europe’s biggest illegal turtle farm, selling endangered species worth 10,000 euros ($11,500) each. Europol says Thursday that police in Mallorca seized around 1,100 turtles and 750 eggs, including specimens of 14 of the 50 most endangered species in the world. (Guardia Civil via AP)