Read more about the article Air Passenger Smuggled Giant African Land Snails For His Lunch
Picture shows one of the snails, undated. A man was found with 23 giant snails in his luggage in Nuremberg, Germany. (Nuremberg Main Customs Office/Newsflash/NX)

Air Passenger Smuggled Giant African Land Snails For His Lunch

A shell-fish flyer caught with 23 giant African land snails in his luggage stunned customs officials when he told them he wanted to cook them for his lunch. The monster-sized…

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Read more about the article Customs Officers Find Pickled Rattlesnake In Jar
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

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,…

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Read more about the article Ultra Deadly Poison Dart Frogs Found In Flyer’s Luggage
Customs seize a poisonous frog from a passenger's luggage in Shanghai, China, undated. The person was also carrying other animals. (AsiaWire/NX)

Ultra Deadly Poison Dart Frogs Found In Flyer’s Luggage

This is the on-the-hop moment customs officials discover a deadly cargo of one of the world's deadliest animals being carried in a passenger's luggage. Toxins secreted by the tiny poison…

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Read more about the article French Customs Discover 70-Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Teeth In Lorry
Picture shows the fossil teeth, undated. Several dinosaur teeth, each around 70 million years old, were found hidden in a vehicle in French Riviera, France. (General Directorate of Customs and Indirect Taxes/Newsflash/NX)

French Customs Discover 70-Million-Year-Old Dinosaur Teeth In Lorry

French customs have discovered dinosaur teeth dating back 70 million years being transported in a lorry from Spain on its way to Italy. The incident took place near Menton on…

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Read more about the article Customs Seize Live Snakes Hidden In Cargo Shipment Bound For The UK
Image shows the boa snakes, undated photo. They were seized by customs in Dresden, Germany, on Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024. (Dresden Main Customs Office/NF/newsX)

Customs Seize Live Snakes Hidden In Cargo Shipment Bound For The UK

Customs agents have discovered live boas that smugglers had attempted to hide in a shipment of noodles and two lorry toys bound for the UK. The suspicious package reportedly arrived…

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Read more about the article Tiger Owner Tries To Flee With Pet Big Cat Bundled Into Car To Dodge Police
Photo shows a tigress hidden in a barn by a man in Starominskaya, Krasnodar Krai, Russia on Thursday, Oct. 31, 2024. The animal was seized and transferred to a specialized organization for temporary custody. (@proc_23, NF/newsX)

Tiger Owner Tries To Flee With Pet Big Cat Bundled Into Car To Dodge Police

A man who secretly kept a tigress in his shed for three years was seized by police when he tried to flee with the big cat in his car. Astonished…

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Read more about the article 2,000 German Cockroaches Seized On Ship Arriving In China
Customs seize nearly 2,000 German cockroaches from an incoming ship in Dalian, Liaoning, China, Thursday, Jul. 25, 2024. The customs officers immediately issued a notice of inspection and quarantine treatment to the ship. (Customs/AsiaWire)

2,000 German Cockroaches Seized On Ship Arriving In China

Nearly 2,000 German cockroaches were recently discovered by customs agents aboard an arriving ship, according to Chinese officials. The discovery was made during a routine sanitary inspection, where customs officers…

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Read more about the article Smuggler Seized With Ancient GBP 1.2 Million Mosaic Of Virgin Mary From Time Of Christ
Photo shows 2,000-year-old mosaic of Virgin Mary, undated. The artefact was retrieved by police while searching the home of illegal smuggler S.K. 29, who tried to sell it for TRY 50 million (GBP 1.2 million) in Manisa, Turkey. (Mehmet Ersoy/Newsflash)

Smuggler Seized With Ancient GBP 1.2 Million Mosaic Of Virgin Mary From Time Of Christ

An ancient mosaic dating back 2,000 years to the time of Christ and showing the face of the Virgin Mary has been seized from a smuggler in Turkey who was…

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Read more about the article Customs Seize Cuddly Toys Packed With Mind-Bending Peyote Cacti
Picture shows stuffed animals filled with cacti in Poland. Customs and Post Office in Warsaw inspected shipments from Asia. (Tax Office Warsaw-Bielany/Newsflash)

Customs Seize Cuddly Toys Packed With Mind-Bending Peyote Cacti

Teddy bears packed with dozens of mind-bending peyote cacti hidden in their stuffing have been seized by customs officials in Poland. The cuddly toys, posted from Thailand, were intercepted by…

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