CRAIGAVON Magistrates Court heard that a man is accused of selling more than 200 animals including lions, crocodiles and a great white shark.

Among other animals 38-year-old Roman Panik, formerly of Beech Court in Lurgan, is alleged to have sold are alligators, tigers, leopards, pumas, lynxes, buzzards, otters, wolves, bobcats and black bears.

A summons, which District Judge Mark McGarrity deemed not served, charges him with four counts of trading in endangered species and four counts of evading the duty on imported goods.

Panik is accused of selling the animals on dates unknown between 1 January 2014 and 14 May 2015.

No further details were revealed in court.

Source: The Irish News.

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