Yemeni authorities foil smuggling of rare plant seeds out of Socotra

AL-MUKALLA: Safety authorities on Yemen’s distant island of Socotra have foiled an try to smuggle out seeds of threatened plant species, a transfer that has gained acclaim from native conservationists who’ve lengthy fought to protect the island’s ecological range. 

Three individuals have been arrested in reference to the smuggling of not less than 3 kg of seeds from 12 completely different uncommon plant species hidden inside a vessel crusing to Al-Mukalla, the capital of Yemen’s southeastern province of Hadramout, an area supply advised Arab Information.