BEIJING, March 17 (Xinhuanet) -- As many as 45 boxes of cockroaches and 164 large spiders were seized from a Swiss driver on German border, according to a spokesman.
German customs officials inspecting a Swiss car discovered the trap-door spiders, most "as big as a fist" and cockroaches wriggling around in boxes and plastic bags Thursday. The Swiss driver was hoping to sell the specimens at a fair in Germany but his haul was seized when he failed to produce the proper license.
Markus Ueckert, a spokesman for the customs office in the south-western German city of Loerrach said: "of course, the officers didn't open anything. They knew immediately what was going on."
He has been charged with tax fraud and breaking nature protection laws.
(Agencies)
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