SNAKES ON A PLANE

Date: 27-03-2011 12:43 pm (13 years ago) | Author: Teddy Gassy
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Snakes on a plane: Smugglers arrested with 40 pythons in their hand luggage


Two men were arrested trying to smuggle 40 snakes onto a plane in their hand luggage on Saturday, March 26th, 2011.

They were stopped after airport security officials in Jakarta found the animals when the bags were passed through security scanners

Although the reticulated pythons were sedated, officers still said the reptiles could have caused terror on the flight from Jakarta to Dubai if released - especially among  any passengers who had seen Samuel L Jackson film Snakes on a Plane.

Reticulated pythons are not poisonous and kill their prey by squeezing them to death, although a few cases of them killing humans have been reported.

The arrested men, Yaqub Ebrahim and Ali Hasan, are thought to have been trying to smuggle the animals to the United Arab Emirates where they would have been sold.

The pair are said to have told officers that they had been promised a large sum of money for the snakes by the collectors in the United Arab Emirates.

Authorities across south east Asia are seeing increasing animal smuggling.

In December 2010, police at Abu Dhabi's airport stopped a passenger who passed through an Indonesian airport carrying four snakes, two parrots and a squirrel.

Posted: at 27-03-2011 12:43 PM (13 years ago) | Newbie
- babychictracy at 27-03-2011 12:51 PM (13 years ago)
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thot it was in Naija
Posted: at 27-03-2011 12:51 PM (13 years ago) | Newbie
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- ogbes at 27-03-2011 07:08 PM (13 years ago)
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lord hv mercy
Posted: at 27-03-2011 07:08 PM (13 years ago) | Newbie
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- sunkyville at 28-03-2011 12:07 PM (13 years ago)
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Ha ha, dat's bad o!
Posted: at 28-03-2011 12:07 PM (13 years ago) | Newbie
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- MissyBarbie at 28-03-2011 02:32 PM (13 years ago)
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 Shocked Shocked Shocked Shocked Shocked Shocked Shocked Shocked Shocked Shocked Shocked
Posted: at 28-03-2011 02:32 PM (13 years ago) | Hero
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- mystangel at 28-03-2011 03:45 PM (13 years ago)
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everything for money
Posted: at 28-03-2011 03:45 PM (13 years ago) | Upcoming
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- kethey at 28-03-2011 04:00 PM (13 years ago)
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 Grin Grin Grin
Posted: at 28-03-2011 04:00 PM (13 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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- Librabilex at 28-03-2011 06:25 PM (13 years ago)
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Sooo,na wao
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- Pashmina at 28-03-2011 07:06 PM (13 years ago)
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mhnehhe
Posted: at 28-03-2011 07:06 PM (13 years ago) | Newbie
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- dirtykid at 28-03-2011 11:44 PM (13 years ago)
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Snake Business .. na waoo  Grin Grin Grin
Posted: at 28-03-2011 11:44 PM (13 years ago) | Hero
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- ajanni at 29-03-2011 08:16 AM (13 years ago)
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Quote from: babychictracy on 27-03-2011 12:51 PM
thot it was in Naija

GOD forbid that ooo
Posted: at 29-03-2011 08:16 AM (13 years ago) | Grande Master
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- kessybee at 29-03-2011 09:49 AM (13 years ago)
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ok
Posted: at 29-03-2011 09:49 AM (13 years ago) | Upcoming
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- kaat75 at 29-03-2011 11:16 AM (13 years ago)
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the snakes no escape?
Posted: at 29-03-2011 11:16 AM (13 years ago) | Upcoming
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- chicanorose at 29-03-2011 12:21 PM (13 years ago)
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snake ke? God forbid
Posted: at 29-03-2011 12:21 PM (13 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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- frayobkk at 29-03-2011 04:44 PM (13 years ago)
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he never say the truth
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- Ajento at 29-03-2011 05:11 PM (13 years ago)
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That one na movie ooh!
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- kebella at 29-03-2011 05:18 PM (13 years ago)
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snakes on the plane? what part  Undecided
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- ajanni at 29-03-2011 06:10 PM (13 years ago)
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 Grin Grin Grin Grin Grin
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