Police Find Sturgeon That Went Missing
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From Times Wire Reports
Police in southern England who let a 9-foot sturgeon slip through their fingers after its alleged illegal sale said they found the fish.
Fisherman Robert Davies had netted the 264-pound fish -- nicknamed Stanley by British newspapers -- off the coast of South Wales. He offered it to Queen Elizabeth II, and after Buckingham Palace said he could “dispose of it as he saw fit,” he went to Plymouth to auction it. Sturgeon in British waters, however, are an endangered species and selling them is illegal.
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