It is said that you cannot take anything across the border without being noticed by the customs officers. But criminals are always trying to smuggle in new ways and styles. Something similar happened with a man when he was about to enter another country. He was passing through the security cordon when there was a slight movement in his pants. He thought that maybe no one noticed, but a customs officer present there noticed it. Immediately the officer took him aside and started checking him again. What came out after the investigation was really shocking.
Customs officials said the man was caught trying to smuggle more than 100 snakes into mainland China from Hong Kong by stuffing them in his pants. The man’s name and age were not disclosed. He was arrested after being stopped in the green “nothing to declare” channel at a border checkpoint near the city of Shenzhen.
In a statement, Chinese customs officials said, “Upon inspection, customs officials found six canvas drawstring bags stuffed and sealed with tape in the pockets of the trousers the passenger was wearing. Once opened, each bag was found to contain live snakes of all types, sizes and colours.”
The officials seized 104 snakes of different species.
Investigators seized 104 scaly reptiles, including milk snakes and corn snakes, many of which were non-native species, the report said. Two border agents were filmed peering into a transparent plastic bag filled with the red, pink and white snakes.
China is one of the world’s biggest animal smuggling hubs, but authorities have been cracking down on the illegal trade in recent years. The country’s biosafety and disease control laws ban people from importing non-native species without permission. “Those who break the rules will be held responsible according to the law,” a customs official said.
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FIRST PUBLISHED : July 12, 2024, 15:53 IST
