Peru airport officials discover 3,000 tarantulas smuggled inside dirty socks
The spiders were hidden inside dirty socks contained in three suitcases carried by two Germans and a Polish citizen, the National Forestry and Wildlife…
The Guardian reported that the spiders were hidden inside dirty socks contained in three suitcases carried by two Germans and a Polish citizen, the National Forestry and Wildlife Service (SERFOR) told Agence France-Presse on Thursday.
Three suitcases’ worth of the spiders were on their way to Germany, where they could fetch an estimated €1.5m More than 3,000 tarantulas were seized at an airport in Lima on their way to Germany, Peruvian authorities said.
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- Peru · Americas
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- The Guardian
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- Germany, Lima, Peruvian, Germans
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- World
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