A Windsor man is facing charges in Detroit after a border agents at the Detroit-Windsor tunnel found more than 50 turtles strapped to a man's body and hidden between his legs.

Kai Xu was charged Wednesday with smuggling, illegal trading and exporting.

A U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service agent received a tip about a large box sent from Alabama to a Detroit postal centre.

The turtles were found after an SUV re-crossed the border and was stopped in Windsor.