Authorities seize consignment of snakes and other reptiles that arrived on Egypt Air from ME

[webfact]

Daily News Thai Caption: Illegal imports

 

Thai officials at Suvarnabhumi airport said yesterday that they had seized a large quantity of illegally imported snakes and reptiles at Bangkok's main airport.

 

In a storage area they found horned desert vipers, arab vipers, sahara vipers, lizards and scorpions. There were 636 creatures in total.

 

Sathon Khongngern of the environment ministry said they had all arrived in the morning on Egypt Air flight MS507/30.

 

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Paperwork to seize the illegal imports has been issued; now the authorities begin the investigation as to who was behind it, reported Daily News. 

 

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Picture: Daily News

Picture: Daily News

[mtls2005]

Ya, the airholes and screen probably were giveaways.

 

Paging Samuel L. Jackson.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited May 13, 2022 by mtls2005

[Emster23]

No word on who these were destined for.... "post restante" or some code word?

[worgeordie]

A selection of Vipers , might have saved some buyers life ......

regards worgeordie

[kotsak]

[The Hammer2021]

Like we don't  have enough weird reptiles here already

[RJRS1301]

There is several markets where "exotic" reptiles and animals are traded, large market 

 

[metisdead]

Some troll posts have been removed.

[hotchilli]

5 hours ago, webfact said:

Paperwork to seize the illegal imports has been issued; now the authorities begin the investigation as to who was behind it

Or for who it was destined?

[hotchilli]

5 hours ago, webfact said:

Paperwork to seize the illegal imports has been issued; now the authorities begin the investigation as to who was behind it,

Why not stay quiet and see who comes to collect the consignment, then follow them to the delivery address.

[Liverpool Lou]

On 5/13/2022 at 9:47 AM, Emster23 said:

No word on who these were destined for.... "post restante" or some code word?

Word from the, rather clear, OP...

"...the authorities begin the investigation as to who was behind it, reported Daily News". 

[Emster23]

3 hours ago, Liverpool Lou said:

Word from the, rather clear, OP...

"...the authorities begin the investigation as to who was behind it, reported Daily News". 

seems it should be a rather simple task.... most items shipped indicate recipient.... unless "junk mail" to "resident" I suppose

[freedomnow]

You'd wonder in such a confined space would they not sting or bike each other to death or is that a kind instinct to just refrain from biting/stinging each other in a confined space....

[Liverpool Lou]

16 hours ago, Emster23 said:

20 hours ago, Liverpool Lou said:

Word from the, rather clear, OP...

"...the authorities begin the investigation as to who was behind it, reported Daily News". 

seems it should be a rather simple task.... most items shipped indicate recipient.... unless "junk mail" to "resident" I suppose

"...it should be a rather simple task...."

Who said it was anything other than a simple task?   The police didn't, neither did the OP.

[KhunLA]

Like we don't have enough venomous snakes here already.

[Emster23]

7 hours ago, Liverpool Lou said:

"...it should be a rather simple task...."

Who said it was anything other than a simple task?   The police didn't, neither did the OP.

I would guess that if they say they are "beginning an investigation into who was behind it" that perhaps they don't know, or know and don't want to say....