Maine Warden Service seizes 5 small alligators in Augusta

AUGUSTA, Maine (WGME) - Maine game wardens say they seized five small alligators in Augusta Tuesday afternoon.

Wardens say 20-year-old Yifan Sun, who lives in Augusta, was in possession of the alligators, a restricted species in Maine.

Sun was issued a summons for importing or possessing wildlife without a permit. The alligators were taken tothe Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife regional office in Sidney.