I opened the luggage for the men arriving at the airport, and dozens of viper wriggles
Jun 04, 2025
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According to Thai media, including Channel 3, customs at Mumbai Airport in India on the night of the 1st (local time) found 47 poisonous snakes, including Indonesian pit vipers, in the baggage of an Indian man who had departed from Thailand and entered the country. Five internationally protected Asian leaf turtles were also found.
He tried to hide it in a plastic box and bring it in as baggage, but he was caught by airport customs.
Recently, wildlife smuggling has been on the rise in India.
In February, passengers trying to smuggle five Siamang gibbons were caught at Mumbai airport. These are rare species that live in forests in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand, and have been designated as endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
Customs authorities said at the time that the passenger was carrying a small monkey in a bag, cleverly hiding it in a plastic box" he said.
Last November, passengers with 12 live turtles were caught, and four hornbill birds were found on a flight from Thailand a month before.
In September, two passengers were arrested trying to smuggle five Cayman fluids belonging to the crocodile family.
As the number of wildlife smuggling cases increases, airport customs are further tightening surveillance.
Some point out that animal smuggling crimes are systematically committed.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
