Air Customs picks up parcel from Poland with 107 live tarantulas

Officials from Air Customs, Chennai, seized a parcel from Poland that contained 107 live tarantulas. The consignment was addressed to a person in Arupukottai, said officials, adding that their import is illegal and would be sent back to Poland.

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Updated:2nd Jul, 2021 at 11:56 PM

Chennai

Based on information, the officials intercepted the parcel at the Foreign Post Office. Inside, they found a thermocol box with 107 small, plastic vials wrapped in aluminium foil and cotton. There were live spiders inside each vial.

Officials from Wildlife Crime Control Bureau and scientists from Zoological Survey of India said the spiders belonged to be of genus Aphonopelma and Brachypelma, which are CITES-listed tarantulas, native of South and Central America and Mexico.

Animal Quarantine officials recommended they be deported back to Poland, the country of origin. Following this, the spiders were seized under Customs Act and were handed over to postal authorities to send them back to Poland.

Air Customs picks up parcel from Poland with 107 live tarantulas

Officials from Air Customs, Chennai, seized a parcel from Poland that contained 107 live tarantulas. The consignment was addressed to a person in Arupukottai, said officials, adding that their import is illegal and would be sent back to Poland.

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