84 tarantulas seized at NAIA

Ghio Ong – The Philippine Star April 21, 2024 | 12:00am A Bureau of Customs personnel conducts an inventory of 84 spiders found in a parcel from Poland that arrived at the Central Mail Exchange Center on April 16. Image posted on Facebook yesterday by the BOC. STAR / File MANILA, Philippines — Customs examiners […]

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Ghio Ong – The Philippine Star

April 21, 2024 | 12:00am

A Bureau of Customs personnel conducts an inventory of 84 spiders found in a parcel from Poland that arrived at the Central Mail Exchange Center on April 16. Image posted on Facebook yesterday by the BOC.

STAR / File

MANILA, Philippines — Customs examiners confiscated a package containing young tarantulas at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) on April 16, the Bureau of Customs reported yesterday.

BOC personnel assigned at NAIA flagged as suspicious a parcel from Poland declared to contain origami products after it underwent x-ray scanning at the NAIA Central Mail Exchange Center.

The package was supposed to be delivered to a consignee in Biñan, Laguna, according to a BOC statement.

Inspectors opened the boxes and found cases containing 84 live spiderlings.

The smuggling of tarantulas violates the Customs Modernization and Tariff Act and the Wildlife Resources Conservation and Protection Act, the BOC said.

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