The Spokesman-Review

Roughly 1,500 tarantulas found stuffed in boxes meant for chocolate cake

Customs officials smelled that something was amiss even before they unpacked roughly 1,500 tarantulas that had been hidden in boxes that should have been filled with about 15 pounds of ...
KTHV

'Noticeable smell' leads to discovery of 1,500 tarantulas in cake boxes

BERLIN, Germany — Arachnophobes beware: Customs officials on Monday released photos from a seizure of roughly 1,500 young tarantulas found inside plastic containers that had been hidden in chocolate ...
BND

1,500 tarantulas smuggled in chocolate biscuit boxes found at Germany airport

Officials said most of the young tarantulas died during transport. Photo by Hauptzollamt Köln, or the Main Customs Office of Cologne. Customs officials at an airport in Germany discovered about 1,500 ...
FOX5 Las Vegas

Customs officials find tarantulas hidden in spongecake boxes during smuggling bust

BERLIN (AP) — Arachnophobes beware: Customs officials on Monday released photos from a seizure of roughly 1,500 young tarantulas found inside plastic containers that had been hidden in chocolate ...