German customs
Cookie packaging from Vietnam hid 1500 mygals
German customs officials discovered spiders locked in small plastic boxes at Cologne airport.
The spiders were intended for a man living in western Germany.
Main customs office Cologne
About 1,500 mygals hidden in what presented itself as packaging of cookies from Vietnam were discovered by the customs German at Cologne airport (west), the latter announced on Monday.
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The young spiders, locked in small plastic boxes, were intended for a man living in the west of the country, against which a criminal procedure is underway.
Declared as a delivery of cookies, the package weighed 7 kilos in total. Many mygals did not survive this trip, because they were not transported in suitable conditions, said customs.
At the opening of the package released a pestilential smell, she said. This discovery dates back three weeks, but customs officials only announced it on Monday.
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