Image shows the fake brands that were seized by customs in the city of Vienna, Austria, undated photo. A total of 44,830 products equal to two tonnes were taken hold of by customs in March 2023. (BMF, Zoll/Newsflash)

Austria Customs Seize Over 2t Of Fake Louis Vuitton And Versace From China

• Post author:Georgina Jedikovska
• Post published:March 15, 2023

Austrian customs have seized nearly 45,000 fake Louis Vuitton purses and Versace sunglasses hidden in boxes at Vienna Airport. The counterfeit products, weighing more than two tonnes, were found inside…

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Image shows one of the 13 monkeys that were seized by customs in Vienna, Austria, undated photo. They were originally shipped to Malaysia in January 2023. (BMF, Zoll/Newsflash)

Airport Customs Seize 13 Rare Smuggled Monkeys

• Post author:Joseph Golder
• Post published:February 18, 2023

Airport customs in Vienna have seized a shipment of 13 monkeys originating in the Czech Republic and destined for Malaysia. The customs agents became suspicious after they found that only…

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Photo shows a lizard that was smuggled into Israel from Hungary by a young Israeli and was seized during an operation at Ben Gurion Airport, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Jan. 2023. The Israeli man was arrested. (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development/Newsflash)

Passenger Wrapped Snakes And Lizards In Tinfoil Disguised As A Snack

• Post author:Joseph Golder
• Post published:January 15, 2023

Customs inspectors find a real-life snake and a lizard at an airport after being wrapped up in tinfoil and put in a lunch box to disguise them as a snack.…

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Photo shows a Voepass Linhas Aareas aircraft that took off from Rio Preto airport and flew for approximately an hour and a half to Congonhas airport in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Thursday, December 22, 2022. A bird is glued to its radome, popularly known as the nose of the plane. (@fdpamplona/CEN)

Pilot Made 85-Minute Flight With Dead Bird Stuck In Plane’s Nose

• Post author:William McGee
• Post published:January 13, 2023

This is the way a passenger plane was left with a huge hole in its nose after being hit by a bird as it took off from an airport in…

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Image shows some of the honey combs that were seized by customs in Stuttgart, Germany, undated photo. Officers seized more than 400 kilogrammes (882 lbs) of honey in October, 2022. (Hauptzollamt Stuttgart/Newsflash)

Man Seized Trafficking 900lbs Of Illegal Honey

• Post author:Joseph Golder
• Post published:December 2, 2022

A man trying to smuggle nearly 900lbs of honey into Germany was seized by police at Stuttgart Airport. The 57-year-old suspect had reportedly brought the sweet stuff from Turkey and…

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Photo shows dogs sniffing bags at Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok, Thailand, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022. A tourist from Kunming, China, was caught by sniffer dogs trying to smuggle animal carcasses into Thailand. (Department of Livestock Development/Newsflash)

Airport Customs Dogs Bust Chinese Tourist Smuggling Smoked Bats In Suitcase

• Post author:Joseph Golder
• Post published:November 20, 2022

A Chinese tourist has been busted smuggling smoked bats in a suitcase thanks to the acute sense of smell of airport customs dogs in Thailand. https://youtu.be/1OO7tWdJlnY Department of Livestock Development/Newsflash…

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Picture shows an x-ray of gold bars hidden in game controllers, undated. Customs officials seized gold with a total weight of around one kilogramme during an air freight inspection at Leipzig-Halle Airport, in Germany, on July 25, 2022. (Hauptzollamt Dresden/Newsflash)

Customs Cops Seize Gold Bars Trafficked In Game Controllers

• Post author:Thomas Hochwarter
• Post published:November 8, 2022

Customs police have seized gold bars worth more than GBP 50,000 stashed inside wireless game controllers found after airport X-Ray checks. Picture shows gold bars hidden in game controllers, undated.…

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A Beagle from the DLD-Quarantine and Inspection Canine unit, inspecting luggage at the Suvarnabhumi Airport, in Nong Prue, Thailand, on Sunday, Oct. 23, 2022. they discovered 9 kilogrammes of pork sausages were brought in by a traveller who flew in from Hanoi, Vietnam. (@DLDthailand/Newsflash)

Smuggler Seized With 20 Pounds Of Vietnamese Pork Sausage

• Post author:Georgina Jedikovska
• Post published:November 2, 2022

A trafficker trying to sneak 20lbs of illicit Vietnamese pork sausages into Thailand was caught when sniffer dogs tracked down the spicy pong in his luggage. The traveller - whose…

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Picture shows the live albino alligator wrapped in cling film found inside a suitcase at Munich Airport, in Germany, on Sept. 25, 2022. The alligator was wrapped in cling film, in the bag of a 42-year-old businessman departing for Singapore. (Hauptzollamt Munchen/Newsflash)

Airport Inspectors Find Live Alligator In Passenger’s Suitcase

• Post author:William McGee
• Post published:October 17, 2022

This astonishing X-ray shows how an American traveller tried to smuggle a live albino alligator out of Germany on a flight to Singapore. The metre-long reptile was discovered by stunned…

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Some of the stones shells taken from German tourists caught by police and customs at Cagliari airport, Italy, in June, 2022. (Guardia di Finanza/Newsflash)

Tourists Caught Smuggling Hundreds Of Seashells And Tonnes Of Sand Out Of Italy

• Post author:Thomas Hochwarter
• Post published:July 14, 2022

Holidaymakers trying to steal hundreds of pebbles and seashells, as well as sand from the Italian island Sardinia, are set for hefty fines. Local police have revealed that they discovered…

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