{"id":29521,"date":"2025-06-02T11:56:31","date_gmt":"2025-06-02T11:56:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/smuggler-caught-with-dozens-of-venomous-vipers-concealed-in-checked-in-baggage-on-plane-customs-officials-say\/"},"modified":"2025-06-02T11:56:31","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T11:56:31","slug":"smuggler-caught-with-dozens-of-venomous-vipers-concealed-in-checked-in-baggage-on-plane-customs-officials-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/smuggler-caught-with-dozens-of-venomous-vipers-concealed-in-checked-in-baggage-on-plane-customs-officials-say\/","title":{"rendered":"Smuggler caught with dozens of venomous vipers &#8220;concealed in checked-in baggage&#8221; on plane, customs officials say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>A passenger smuggling dozens of venomous vipers was stopped after flying into the financial capital Mumbai, India from Thailand, Indian customs officials said. <\/p>\n<p>The snakes, which included 44 Indonesian pit vipers, were &#8220;concealed in checked-in baggage,&#8221; Mumbai Customs said in a statement late Sunday. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;An Indian national arriving from Thailand was arrested,&#8221; it added. <\/p>\n<p>The passenger also had three Spider-tailed horned vipers &#8212; which are venomous, but usually only target small prey such as birds &#8212; as well as five Asian leaf turtles.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Mumbai Customs released photographs of the seized snakes in a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/mumbaicus3\/status\/1929191950302716182\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">post on social media<\/a>, including blue and yellow reptiles squirming in a bucket.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-twitter-tweet embed--float-none embed--size-medium lazyload\" data-require=\"third-party\/twitter-widgets\">\n<div class=\"embed__content-wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">On 01.06.2025, officers at CSMIA seized 3 Spider-Tailed Horned Vipers &amp; 5 Asian Leaf Turtles (CITES Appendix-II), along with 44 Indonesian Pit Vipers, concealed in checked-in baggage. An Indian national arriving from Thailand was arrested. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/C07R2Y58ZX\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/C07R2Y58ZX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mumbai Customs-III (@mumbaicus3) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mumbaicus3\/status\/1929191950302716182?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">June 1, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The snakes are a relatively unusual seizure in Mumbai, with customs officers more regularly posting pictures of hauls of smuggled gold, cash, cannabis or pills of suspected cocaine swallowed by passengers. <\/p>\n<p>However, in February, customs officials at Mumbai airport also stopped a smuggler with five Siamang gibbons, a small ape native to the forests of Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand. <\/p>\n<p>Those small creatures, listed as endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature, were &#8220;ingeniously concealed&#8221; in a plastic crate placed inside the passenger&#8217;s trolley bag, 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