Smuggler arrested with 300 tarantulas arrested on the body
Smuggler arrested with 300 tarantulas arrested on the body
The police in Peru who had tried the land with 320 Vogelspinnen and 110 thousand-footed to leave, attached to his body were. The 28-year-old South Korean citizen was stopped at Jorge Chávez International Airport in Lima on November 8, after officials found that his abdominal area "Bulky" looked like a statement by the National Forest and Wildlife Protection Service Serfor, which was published on November 13th.
arrest and examination
During a search, hundreds of insects were discovered in Ziplock bags that were attached to his stomach. The police took the man in custody who wanted to travel to South Korea via France. The public prosecutor's office for environmental crimes in Peru then initiated an investigation.origin of the insects
The insects probably come from the Madre de Dios Region in the Peruvian Amazon region. You are now in the care of the authorities. Walter Silva, a wildlife specialist at Serfor, explained in the explanation that the tarantulas are an endangered species. "They were all taken illegally and are part of the illegal wildlife trade, which is worth millions of dollars worldwide," said Silva.
smuggling of wild animals in South America
Peru is not the only South American country that has to deal with the problem of wildlife trade. In December 2021, the authorities in Colombia confiscated at least 232 bird spiders, 67 cockroaches, nine spider eggs and a scorpion with seven of his boys, all of whom were hidden in a suitcase at El Dorado Airport in Bogotá.
other cases in Colombia
in the same month, confiscated Colombian civil servants a delivery of Fast 3.500 Hair fins who were determined after Hong Kong . These incidents illustrate the extent of illegal trade in wild animals in the region and emphasize the need for stricter legal measures and the protection of the endangered species.