Image shows the smuggled snakes, undated photo. They were caught at the Vienna Airport, Austria, on May 23, 2023. Note: Licensed content. (Ministry of Finance, Customs/Newsflash)
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20 June 2023
Austrian customs officials have seized dozens of reptiles worth GBP 40,000 from the suitcases of a traveller who argued that the animals were "worthless" and he wanted to feed them to his snake. Overall, 85 geckos, two snakes and two scorpions were confiscated and taken to a local zoo. The...