HOLIDAY, Fla. — A Florida man pleaded guilty to illegally trafficking live water monitor lizards from the Philippines. Akbar Akram, 44, admitted in court to bringing more than 20 live monitor lizards ...

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — A Florida man pleaded guilty to his part in a trafficking scheme in which live water monitor lizards were stuffed into socks and concealed inside electronics to be smuggled from the ...

A Florida man has pleaded guilty to his part in a trafficking scheme in which live water monitor lizards were concealed inside electronic equipment and smuggled from the Philippines to the United ...

A Florida man has pleaded guilty to trafficking in protected monitor lizards from the Philippines after a scheme that involved sneaking live reptiles into the U.S. inside of socks and electronics.

A Florida man was sentenced to four years of federal probation for trafficking in water monitor lizards, a protected species. Akbar Akram, 44, of Holiday, was also ordered to serve 90 days of home ...

TAMPA (CBSMiami) -- A Florida man turned lizard smuggler pleaded guilty this week in federal court to trafficking live water monitor lizards from the Philippines. Akbar Akram, of Holiday, Florida, ...

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - A Florida man has pleaded guilty to his part in a trafficking scheme in which live water monitor lizards were concealed inside electronic equipment and smuggled from the Philippines ...

A Florida man pleaded guilty to his part in a trafficking scheme in which live water monitor lizards were stuffed into socks and concealed inside electronics to be smuggled from the Philippines to the ...