107 parrots Harraga (illegal immigrants)

SOFIA - The authorities in Sofia airport Friday seized 107 parrots, probably of contraband, worth a total of more than 100,000 euros, airlifted from Lebanon, said the Bulgarian Customs Agency.

•    The parrots, gray of Gabon, an endangered species, cost between 1,000 and 1,800 euros each on the informal market in the European Union, the agency said in a statement.
     They were transported in four cages by a Bulgarian of Lebanese origin who did not have the necessary paperwork to transport these animals, including an original CITES certificate for the protection of endangered species, the statement said.
     The 107 animals were delivered to the zoo in Sofia.
      
  Ennaharonline/ M. O.