A passenger smuggling dozens of venomous vipers in checked-in baggage was stopped after flying into Mumbai, India, from Thailand, Indian customs officials said.

A passenger smuggling dozens of venomous vipers was stopped after flying into the financial capital Mumbai, India, from Thailand, Indian customs officials said.

The snakes, which included 44 Indonesian pit vipers, were “concealed in checked-in baggage,” Mumbai Customs said in a statement late Sunday.

“An Indian national arriving from Thailand was arrested,” it added.

The passenger also had three Spider-tailed horned vipers — which are venomous, but usually only target small prey such as birds — as well as five Asian leaf turtles.

  • etchinghillside@reddthat.comEnglish
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    5 days ago

    I’m slightly curious about what efforts to pack and segment/compartmentalize the snakes were.

    But I kind of assume this was a “cram an ether rag and all the snakes into a garbage bag” operation.