Indian smuggler caught at airport with 52 live venomous snakes and exotic animals
- Mumbai Customs arrested an Indian national arriving from Thailand for smuggling 44 Indonesian pit vipers and other wildlife in checked-in baggage.
- Customs officials intercepted the passenger after noticing snakes and endangered animals were hidden in a plastic crate inside a trolley bag.
- The seized wildlife also included three venomous Spider-tailed horned vipers and five Asian leaf turtles, all squirming in a bucket when discovered.
- Mumbai Customs released photographs showing blue and yellow reptiles and reported they more commonly seize gold, cash, drugs, and other contraband than snakes.
- This rare seizure highlights ongoing illegal trafficking of endangered species into Mumbai, with past incidents involving turtles, hornbills, and small apes arriving from Thailand.
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An unusual and alarming fact surprised the authorities at Bombay International Airport: a passenger who had arrived from Thailand was arrested with a suitcase full of snakes. The case, which is being investigated by the Indian authorities, caught attention not only because of the risk involved, but also because this type of smuggling is not common in the air terminal, where controls tend to detect drug trafficking, but rarely wild animals hidden…
Man Arrested At Airport For Having 47 Venomous Vipers In His Luggage
Yellow-pit-viper-snake Customs officials were stunned when while checking a plane passenger’s luggage they found 47 venomous vipers and five Asian leaf turtles concealed within his bag. 44 of the snakes were Indonesian pit vipers and three were spider-tailed horned vipers. The passenger was busted with the 53 reptiles in his luggage at the airport in Mumbai city in India on Sunday. He was an Indian citizen who was returning from Thailand where …
A passenger flew with snakes and turtles in his suitcase from Thailand, later to be stopped in India. An attempt to smuggle animals by a traveler was stopped by Indian authorities on June 1. In India, a passenger who flew with snakes and turtles in his suitcase from Thailand was detained.In the past, the Indian customs office reported on the arrest of a passenger carrying snakes and turtles in his suitcase. Security agents from Bombay Internatio…
A passenger attempting to smuggle dozens of venomous snakes was arrested after landing in India's financial capital, Mumbai, from Thailand, Indian customs authorities said.
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