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This image is a screen grab of the video supplied titled NewsX-OfficerMotherBaby-01.mp4: Footage shows police officers recovering a casket containing 20 gold bars after a man accidentally threw it into the garbage in Porto Cesareo, Italy, according to a statement from Feb. 12, 2026 (Carabinieri/Clipzilla)

Cops In Action After Man Accidentally Throws Old Can With GBP 105,000 In Gold Bars Into The Trash

Post author:Aloysius Fernandes
Post published:February 17, 2026

This is the moment police officers dash to a rubbish depot to stop binmen who had unknowingly collected an old can that had been thrown out with 20 solid gold…

Picture shows the pigeons found by authorities, undated. Customs officers stopped the unusual shipment at the Russian-Latvian border. (Russian Federal Customs Service/Newsflash)

Customs Catch Driver Smuggling Live Pigeons In Socks

Post author:Joseph Golder
Post published:December 22, 2025

This is the moment a driver is caught with five live pigeons hidden in his socks by customs officers as he tried to smuggle them across the border. The birds…

Video shows a human skull caught by an amateur fisherman fishing off the coast of Izmir, Turkey, undated. An investigation is ongoing. (newsX)

Horrified Fisherman Hooks Human Skull Instead Of Fish

Post author:Joseph Golder
Post published:October 31, 2025

This is the moment a human skull is left lying on the promenade in an area quickly cordoned off by cops after it was reeled in by a horrified fisherman.…

Picture shows parts of a red-listed Amur tiger found in a car on a highway in Primorye, Russia, undated. A criminal case has been opened. (Primorsky Krai Prosecutor's Office/Newsflash/NX)

Police Discover Endangered Siberian Tiger Remains In Car

Post author:Michael Leidig
Post published:October 24, 2025

Horrified traffic cops have found the body parts of a protected Siberan tiger in the boot of a car stopped on a highway. The discovery happened on 24th on the…

Footage shows officers inspecting the seized live animals at the Shanghai Customs in China, undated. Video shared by the Shanghai Customs on 21st of March, 2025. (AsiaWire/NX)

Customs Officers Seize Smuggled Reptiles And Insects Disguised As ‘Toys’

Post author:Joseph Golder
Post published:May 1, 2025

These images show customs officers discovering smuggled reptiles and insects inside packages that were being sent through the post disguised as toys. The incident took place in Shanghai, in China,…

Customs seize 1.2 kilogrammes of raw and pickled rattlesnakes in Nanjing, China, on Feb.13, 2025. The employees felt a strong odour from the package. (AsiaWire/NX)

Customs Officers Find Pickled Rattlesnake In Jar

Post author:Joseph Golder
Post published:March 27, 2025

These images show how stunned customs officers found a pickled rattlesnake in a jar being smuggled into China. The incident took place at the Jinling Customs Post Office, in Nanjing,…

Customs officers seized 871 live crabs hidden in suitcases during a cross-border vehicle inspection at Zhuhai Highway Port in China on Monday, Dec. 16, 2024. (AWR/newsX)

Customs Officers Unveil Shocking Haul Of 871 Live Crabs Stuffed In Suitcases

Post author:Dushko Kochoski
Post published:January 21, 2025

This footage shows customs officers discovering 871 live crabs hidden in suitcases and stuffed in the back of a car attempting to cross the border. The suspicious black car was…

Image shows the crocodile's head, undated photo. It was found in a passenger's suitcase in Novosibirsk, Novosibirsk Oblast, Russia. (Federal Customs Service/NF/newsX)

Stunned Customs Officers Find Severed Crocodile Head In Passenger’s Luggage

Post author:Joseph Golder
Post published:December 16, 2024

These images show the severed crocodile head that customs officers found in a female passenger's luggage on a flight from Thailand. The stunned customs officers in Novosibirsk, in Russia, found…

Image shows the three Greek tortoises, undated photo. They were seized from a tourist in Loerrach, Baden-Wuerttemberg State, Germany, Oct. 31, 2024. (Main Customs Office Loerrach/NF/newsX)

Customs Officers Seize Rare Greek Tortoises From Tourist Returning From Italy

Post author:Georgina Jedikovska
Post published:November 27, 2024

Customs officials have seized three rare Greek tortoises that a traveller returning from Italy had attempted to smuggle in a box hidden behind the driver's seat. The 40-year-old man, whose…

Customs seize two lion bones wrapped in a passenger's thigh at Hekou Port, Yunnan, China, Thursday, Jul. 11, 2024. The bones weigh a total of 1.1 kilograms. (Customs/AsiaWire)

Customs Officers Discover Lion Bones Strapped To Woman’s Thigh

Post author:Aloysius Fernandes
Post published:August 18, 2024

Port customs officials arrested a woman who had the bones of a lion strapped to her thigh in order to smuggle them into the country. The woman was subjected to…