Large amount of insects, rare tree fibers looted by UAE in Socotra

SOCORTA, Dec. 02 (YPA) – Some media sources revealed on Thursday several foreign tourists vising Socotra island looted samples of insects, rare tree fibers and animals from the occupied island.

The sources affirmed that a tourist, who holds the Czech nationality, arrived in Socotra on a visa through the UAE, to try to smuggle samples of trees, insects and branches of a number of trees.”

They added that the samples that were seized with the tourist contained samples of beetles, in addition to fibers from rare trees, larvae and dead pieces of tree branches.

The UAE has continued to operate direct tourist flights to Socotra Island for a number of tourists, most of whom are Israelis, away from the Saudi-backed exile Hadi government”, since it took control of the island in 2016.

The Emirates has looted many durable turtles and rare trees and worked to settle them in various UAE regions.

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