{"id":31641,"date":"2025-06-10T11:42:29","date_gmt":"2025-06-10T11:42:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/smuggler-traveling-from-thailand-stopped-with-tarantulas-possums-lizards-authorities-in-india-say\/"},"modified":"2025-06-10T11:42:29","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T11:42:29","slug":"smuggler-traveling-from-thailand-stopped-with-tarantulas-possums-lizards-authorities-in-india-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/smuggler-traveling-from-thailand-stopped-with-tarantulas-possums-lizards-authorities-in-india-say\/","title":{"rendered":"Smuggler traveling from Thailand stopped with tarantulas, possums, lizards, authorities in India 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>Indian customs officers made the latest &#8220;significant&#8221; seizure of endangered wildlife from a passenger arriving from Thailand, a government statement said: nearly 100 creatures including lizards, sunbirds and tree-climbing possums. <\/p>\n<p>Customs officers said the passenger, who was also carrying two tarantula spiders and tortoises, had &#8220;exhibited signs of nervousness&#8221; on arrival at India&#8217;s financial capital Mumbai. <\/p>\n<p>The seizure comes after a passenger was stopped <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/venomous-vipers-dozens-passenger-smuggling-india\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">smuggling dozens of venomous vipers<\/a><\/span>, also arriving from Thailand, earlier in June. They included 44 Indonesian pit vipers and were &#8220;concealed in checked-in baggage,&#8221; Mumbai Customs said in a statement.  <\/p>\n<p>The wildlife in the latest seizure included iguanas, as well as a kinkajou or honey bear &#8212; a small raccoon-like animal from Mexico&#8217;s rainforests &#8212; along with six &#8220;sugar gliders&#8221; \u2014 a gliding possum found in Australia. <\/p>\n<p>Photographs released by the customs unit showed the six sugar gliders huddled together in a basket, as well as a box crammed with lizards. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In a significant operation, customs officers &#8230; intercepted an Indian national &#8230; leading to the seizure of multiple live and deceased wildlife species, some of which are protected under wildlife protection laws,&#8221; the Ministry of Finance said in a statement late Monday.  <\/p>\n<p>Wildlife trade monitor TRAFFIC, which battles the smuggling of wild animals and plants, on Tuesday warned of a &#8220;very troubling&#8221; 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