‘Mobile Zoo’ Found in Airport Luggage
From Reuters
PARIS —
Customs officers at a Paris airport were startled when they asked a young Frenchman to open his luggage. Inside were 64 pythons, 20 turtles and a variety of rare lizards.
A customs service spokesman said the 19-year-old, whom he declined to name, had concealed a “veritable mobile zoo” in the two bags he was carrying on arrival from Mali on Sunday.
The haul, which would have fetched huge sums from reptile dealers, included 64 royal pythons, 17 Varanian lizards, 20 turtles, three Gabonese vipers and 20 gray lizards.
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