A curator for a world-renowned museum was detained by authorities in Turkey on suspicion of smuggling poisonous arachnids out of the country.
近日,一家世界知名博物馆的策展人因涉嫌走私毒蜘蛛类动物出境而被土耳其当局拘留。
Lorenzo Prendini is a curator at the Museum of Natural History in New York.
洛伦佐·普伦迪尼是位于纽约的美国自然历史博物馆的一名策展人。
His profile on the museum's website says he's a curator of the arachnid and myriapod collection.
普伦迪尼在该博物馆官网上的个人资料显示,他是蜘蛛类和多足类动物收藏的策展人。
Reports say he was caught at an airport in Istanbul with plastic tubes and bags containing about 1,500 dead scorpions, tarantulas and spiders that are endemic to the country.
报道称,他是在伊斯坦布尔的一个机场被抓获的,当时他携带着塑料管和塑料袋,里面装着大约1500只死蝎子、狼蛛和蜘蛛,这些都是土耳其特有的动物。
Some of these species produce venom that can be used to produce medication, according to state-run media.
据官方媒体报道,其中一些物种产生的毒液可以用来制造药物。
He was reportedly detained under the country's anti-smuggling laws.
据报道,他是根据该国的反走私法律被拘留的。
However, Prendini tells Inside Edition Digital he was cleared of all charges by a Turkish judge
但是普伦迪尼在接受《新闻内幕》采访时表示,一名土耳其法官已经撤销了对他的所有指控,
because he had the proper permits to leave the country with the specimens.
因为他之前就有带着标本离开这个国家的合法许可证。