On 01.06.2025, officers at CSMIA seized 3 Spider-Tailed Horned Vipers & 5 Asian Leaf Turtles (CITES Appendix-II), along with 44 Indonesian Pit Vipers, concealed in checked-in baggage.

Blue pit vipers are some of the rarest of their species, according to the outlet. This isn’t the first – or last – walk on the wild side for customs officers in India. 4.

A passenger smuggling dozens of venomous vipers in checked-in baggage was stopped after flying into Mumbai, India, from Thailand, Indian customs officials said.

Man caught at airport with 52 live venomous snakes and exotic animals. Passenger from Bangkok found carrying Indonesian pit vipers, spider-tailed horned vipers and Asian leaf turtles in luggage ...

The snakes, which included 44 Indonesian pit vipers, were “concealed in checked-in baggage”, Mumbai Customs said in a statement late on Sunday. “An Indian national arriving from Thailand was ...

He had spider-tailed horned vipers, Asian leaf turtles and Indonesian pit vipers in checked-in luggage.

Authorities have seized spider-tailed horned vipers, Asian leaf turtles and Indonesian pit vipers from the passenger Authorities in India have arrested a man for trying to smuggle dozens of rare ...