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Old Aug 13, 2007 | 8:56 am
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Exclamation RL snakes on a plane prevented

Heard this on the radio this morning:

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/...n3159076.shtml

Originally Posted by the Article
AP--A man was stopped at Cairo's airport just moments before he boarded a Saudi Arabia-bound plane with carry-on bags filled with live snakes, as well as a few baby crocodiles and chameleons.

Security officials became suspicious of the 22-year-old Saudi man's bags when the X-ray machine at the departure gate gave odd readings. Police said they opened the bags and found a large number of reptiles, including at least one cobra, squirming to escape.

The animals were confiscated and turned over to the Cairo Zoo and the man was allowed to board his flight home.


Glad Egyptian security caught this. With a cobra in there, this could have been a real disaster.

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