'Spider smuggler' arrested with hundreds of tarantulas taped to body as he tries to fly out of Peru

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Man Caught Smuggling 320 Tarantulas and 110 Centipedes Out of Peru by Strapping Them to His Body

Airport security stopped the smuggler, who was also carrying nine bullet ants illegally taken from the Amazon rainforestgob.pe One of the 320 tarantulasAuthorities arrested a man in Peru after his bulging clothes gave him — and the hundreds of tarantulas strapped to his body — away, as he attempted to leave the country with them.Security officials at Lima’s Jorge Chavez International Airport stopped the alleged smuggler, a 28-year-old South Kore…

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Spider smuggler arrested after police found 300 tarantulas strapped to his body

The 28-year-old was detained as he travelled through airport security in Peru (Credits: Reuters) A suspected spider smuggler has been arrested after allegedly strapping hundreds of tarantulas to his body as he walked through airport security. The unnamed 28-year-old South Korean was detained at Jorge Chavez International Airport in Lima after officers noticed he had a peculiar ‘swollen stomach’. Concealed beneath his jumper were 300 tarantulas, …

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Man held in Peru over bid to smuggle hundreds of tarantulas

Peruvian authorities arrested a 28-year-old South Korean man for allegedly trying to smuggle hundreds of tarantulas, centipedes and bullet ants out of the South American country.

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A citizen of Korean nationality was arrested at Jorge Chávez International Airport in Peru, trying to leave the country with 320 tarantulas, 110 centipedes and nine bullet ants, which were in ziploc bags, reinforced with adhesive tapes and camouflaged in two strips attached to his body.The discovery was made by staff of the National Forest and Wildlife Service (Serfor) of the Ministry of Agrarian Development and Irrigation, along with the custom…

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‘Spider smuggler’ straps hundreds of tarantulas to his body

A suspected spider smuggler has been caught in Peru with hundreds of tarantulas strapped to his body while he was leaving the capital city. The South Korean...

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A South Korean man (28) has been arrested in Peru for trying to smuggle more than 300 tarantulas out of the country. He had tied the poor creatures to his body. At the airport in the capital Lima he was stopped by security guards.