A South Carolina man is being accused of trafficking "highly venomous snakes" and other reptiles out of his home in Georgia, the Justice Department says. Fish and Wildlife Service agents after being charged by a federal grand jury for trafficking vipers and turtles and illegally possessing two firearms, the department said in a statement. "Together, we have stopped highly venomous snakes, and our nation’s own wildlife, from being smuggled." "In reality, Rance had shipped 15 Gaboon vipers, which are venomous snakes," the Justice Department said. The statement continued by saying that Rance possessed and sold the reptiles in violation of Georgia laws and also committed violations of the Lacey Act, a federal law protecting wildlife.

Source: Fox News April 02, 2021 18:43 UTC