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,…
Astonished airport customs officials made a jaw-dropping discovery when they found a whole crocodile head in a passenger's luggage. The tourist, returning from a holiday in Thailand, was stopped and…
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…
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…
Traffickers who were caught smuggling banned ivory carvings in their underwear have been seized by customs police in Austria. The Polish nationals, aged 53 and 55, were transiting through Vienna…
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…
Customs cops make the pram-tastic find of the year when they unearth 73 gold bars worth more than GBP 4 million stashed in a pushchair. The ingots, each weighing a…
A man is facing nine years behind bars after police in Colombia found him trying to sell a polar bear rug in his shop. The suspect, not named by police…
Surprising moment when customs officers who decide to check a suspicious-looking man discover he has not just one but nine tortoises hidden in his underpants. The eagle-eyed customs officials noticed…
Looking like giant Easter eggs wrapped up in tape, customs officials have seized 63 live turtles from a passenger arriving on a flight from Malaysia. The turtles, which have not…