Peru airport officials discover 3,000 tarantulas smuggled inside dirty socks

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Peruvian authorities seized more than 3,000 tarantulas hidden in dirty socks inside three suitcases at an airport in Lima. The spiders were reportedly being carried by two German nationals and one Polish national on a route to Germany, where they could be worth an estimated €1.5 million.

Three suitcases’ worth of the spiders were on their way to Germany, where they could fetch an estimated €1.5m More than 3,000 tarantulas were seized at an airport in Lima on their way to Germany, Peruvian authorities said. The spiders were hidden inside dirty socks contained in three suitcases carried by two Germans and a Polish citizen, the National Forestry and Wildlife Service (SERFOR) told Agence France-Presse on Thursday. Continue reading...