Mai Takiguchi

2 days ago | wcvb.com | Mai Takiguchi |Chris Lau

Police on a Japanese holiday island have arrested three Chinese nationals after thousands of protected hermit crabs were found stuffed into multiple suitcases. The three suspects – Liao Zhibin, 24, Song Zhenhao, 26, and Guo Jiawei, 27 – were found to have 353 pounds of the live crustaceans in their possession on Wednesday, according to police on the Amami Islands, near Okinawa.

4 days ago | cnn.com | Mai Takiguchi |Chris Lau

A Hermit crab in Japan. Pete De La Rosa/Moment RF/Getty Images CNN  —  Police on a Japanese holiday island have arrested three Chinese nationals after thousands of protected hermit crabs were found stuffed into multiple suitcases. The three suspects – Liao Zhibin, 24, Song Zhenhao, 26, and Guo Jiawei, 27 – were found to have 160 kilograms (353 pounds) of the live crustaceans in their possession on Wednesday, according to police on the Amami Islands, near Okinawa.