22 snakes, 1 chameleon present in check-in baggage by Indian customs officers
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22 snakes, 1 chameleon present in check-in baggage by Indian customs officers
Customs officers in India made an unnerving discovery inside check-in baggage final weekend: 22 snakes and a chameleon. (Central Board of Oblique Taxes & Customs)
Indian customs intercepted baggage containing dozens of animals, together with snakes and a chameleon.
The Indian Central Board of Oblique Taxes & Customs introduced the incident in a social media publish on Sunday.
“Indian Customs : Guardians of wildlife!” the company wrote in a publish detailing the interception.
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The Indian Central Board of Oblique Taxes & Customs intercepts a set of animals at an airport in Chennai. (The Indian Central Board of Oblique Taxes & Customs / Getty Pictures)
Customs confiscated 22 snakes and a chameleon from a checked bag at an airport in Chennai.
The snakes have been of varied species and arrived on a flight from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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The animals have been seized from the traveler underneath the 1972 Wildlife Safety Act.
The Central Board of Oblique Taxes & Customs launched video of the incident, which exhibits the snakes contained in plastic tubs and bins.
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Footage from the interception exhibits Indian customs officers pulling the snakes out of their containers and dealing with them on the ground of the airport.
