{"id":781,"date":"2024-07-10T08:30:26","date_gmt":"2024-07-10T08:30:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/?p=781"},"modified":"2024-07-10T08:30:26","modified_gmt":"2024-07-10T08:30:26","slug":"man-in-china-caught-smuggling-100-live-snakes-in-his-trousers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/index.php\/2024\/07\/10\/man-in-china-caught-smuggling-100-live-snakes-in-his-trousers\/","title":{"rendered":"Man in China caught smuggling 100 live snakes in his trousers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-779\" src=\"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Snake-300x208.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"208\" srcset=\"https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Snake-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/panoramanews.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Snake.jpg 650w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Agency Report<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kindly share this story:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A man has been caught trying to smuggle over 100 live snakes into mainland China by cramming them into his trousers, according to the country\u2019s customs authority.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The unnamed traveller was stopped by customs officers as he sought to slip out of semi-autonomous Hong Kong and into the border city of Shenzhen, China Customs said in a statement on Tuesday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cUpon inspection, customs officers discovered that the pockets of the trousers the passenger was wearing were packed with six canvas drawstring bags and sealed with tape,\u201d the statement said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cOnce opened, each bag was found to contain living snakes in all kinds of shapes, sizes and colours,\u201d it added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The statement said officers seized 104 of the scaly reptiles, including milk snakes and corn snakes, many of which were non-native species.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An accompanying video showed two border agents peering into transparent plastic bags filled with squirming red, pink and white snakes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">China is one of the world\u2019s biggest animal trafficking hubs, but authorities have cracked down on the illicit trade in recent years.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The country\u2019s biosecurity and disease control laws forbid people from bringing in non-native species without permission.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThose who break the rules will be\u2026 held liable in accordance with the law,\u201d the customs authority said, without specifying the man\u2019s punishment. 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