When investigators moved in, the birds, hidden in boxes, were being loaded on to a passenger plane at the airbase, near the Kyrgyz capital, Bishkek.

• 普加切娃说，被查获时，这些猎鹰已经两天没有进食了，而且其中一只还折断了腿。目前，这些猎鹰正在附近的一个兽医站接受护理，之后将被运回自然栖息地。