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…
Female passenger is detained by customs for attempting to smuggle 448 live hermit crabs into China. Customs officials conducted routine inspections on arriving passengers on international flights landing at Dalian…
Cat traders killed dozens of cats by dumping them into a ditch in sacks to dispose of them in order to hide evidence from police when animal activists raised the…
Shocked customs officials find five bear paws hidden in the luggage of a man flying into the country. The smuggler was stopped by Qingdao Jiaodong Airport Customs staff who found…
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…
A woman has been busted smuggling 90 creepy vampire crabs through customs in China. The unnamed woman, from Macau, was detained after customs at the Gongbei Port, in Zhuhai, China,…
An animal trafficker caught with 20 pregnant dead seahorses hidden in his suitcase has been seized by customs officers in Germany. Horrified inspectors discovered the creatures packed into a styrofoam…
Russian customs police unearth a stash of mammoth ivory hidden under the skirt of a woman trafficker. Mammoth ivory has seen growing popularity in jewellery due to its ethical sourcing.…
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…