CBP Seizes 166 Exotic Pets, Including Pythons and Tarantulas, From Car Traveling to Mexico

CBP seizes 166 exotic pets, including pythons and tarantulas, from car traveling to Mexico

MISSION, Texas (KVEO) – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers in Texas arrested a driver accused of trying to smuggle more than 160 exotic animals, including reptiles and arthropods, into Mexico last week. On Oct. 22, CBP officers at the Anzalduas International Bridge in Mission, Texas, came across a silver Toyota leaving the U.S. to cross into Mexico. Officers stopped the Toyota for "further inspection," at which point they found the anim…

Pythons, tarantulas among 163 exotic creatures seized from Toyota truck at U.S.-Mexico border

More than a dozen types of pythons and over 30 other snakes, including a ghost Aztec jungle boa, were found packed in the truck.

CBP finds 163 animals in Texas border bust, man admits to 100+ smuggling runs

Among the creepy crawlers the Mexican national was attempting to smuggle were pythons, bearded dragons, geckos and tarantulas.

Texas border agents seize truck stuffed with snakes and lizards headed to Mexico

U.S. Border Patrol officers seized more than 100 snakes, spiders, lizards and salamanders from a truck attempting to cross over the border into Mexico.