{"id":21553,"date":"2024-07-15T12:54:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-15T12:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=21553"},"modified":"2024-07-15T20:28:17","modified_gmt":"2024-07-15T20:28:17","slug":"man-caught-smuggling-100-snakes-in-his-trousers-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=21553","title":{"rendered":"Man caught smuggling 100 snakes in his trousers [Video]"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A man tried to smuggle more than 100 live snakes into mainland China by stuffing them in his trousers, according to custom officials.<\/p>\n

The unnamed traveller was stopped after passing through the \u201cnothing to declare\u201d gate at the crossing between semi-autonomous\u00a0Hong Kong<\/a>\u00a0and the city of Shenzhen, officials said.<\/p>\n

Upon inspection, he had 104 snakes in \u201csix canvas drawstring bags\u201d inside his trousers, a statement from China Customs said.<\/p>\n

\u201cEach bag was found to contain living snakes in all kinds of shapes, sizes and colours,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n

Video released by Chinese customs shows a pair of agents peering into transparent plastic bags filled with live red, pink and white snakes.<\/p>\n\n

They were mostly small, but it is a large and squirmy haul of slithering reptiles for anyone to carry in their trousers.<\/p>\n

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\nChina Customs Video released by China Customs shows the live snakes packed into bags\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Strict biosecurity and disease control laws forbid people from bringing in non-native species without permission into the country.<\/p>\n

\u201cThose who break the rules will be\u2026 held liable in accordance with the law,\u201d the customs authority said, without specifying the man\u2019s punishment.<\/p>\n\n

In 2023 at the same crossing point, a woman was stopped trying to smuggle in five snakes hidden inside her bra.<\/p>\n

China is one of the\u00a0world\u2019s biggest animal trafficking hubs<\/a>\u00a0and authorities have been cracking down on the shady trade in recent years.<\/p>\n

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