Poles smuggling T's into the Phillippines

[Frogdaddy]

If you are in the Philippines and expecting an order, it's gonna be a little late.

Airport Staff Find 119 Live Tarantulas Hidden Inside A Pair Of Shoes

Airport staff in the Philippines have discovered 119 live tarantula spiders hidden inside a pair of shoes. According to a Facebook post by the Bureau of Customs, staff members at Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) found the spiders inside a parcel shipped by a certain "Michal Krolicki"...

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[vicareux]

it's gonna be a little late.

Which is ironic - they're in running shoes Maybe the seller thought if they put the T's in running shoes it will arrive faster

 

[Smotzer]

Part that sucks is to read is that the wildlife management will ‘dispose’ of them....sounds like they will just throw them away.

 

[thatdadlife619]

Part that sucks is to read is that the wildlife management will ‘dispose’ of them....sounds like they will just throw them away.

Literally thinking the same thing

 

[Craig73]

Sad about the disposal. What part of be inconspicuous when dealing with illegal import did the sender not comprehend? Gee, let’s make the package look odd...it’ll be just fine. Next time keep the dang shoe box to ship.

And what is up with the six months and one day, or one year in jail? Who comes up with these crazy sentences?

 

[AphonopelmaTX]

So did the buyer in the Philippines have to pay for those old dirty shoes as part of the shipping cost or maybe the buyer had to send the seller the shoes first? I always wondered how smugglers work that out.

 

[Vanessa]

Another member here posted about getting his tarantulas shipped in a small, plastic, plane. The poster was actually complaining about the condition of the animals that were smuggled - the post was removed. Nothing screams smuggling/brown boxing like hiding spiders in shoes and toys.

 

[Smotzer]

Literally thinking the same thing

Yeah really unfortunate to read that part.....

 

[Arthroverts]

According to a friend of mine those specimens "are as good as dead", the agency they were sent to is notorious for killing seized specimens apparently.

Thanks,

Arthroverts