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CBP K-9 Finds 99 Pounds of Prohibited Meat, Fruit and Monitor Lizard Parts at LAX

The seizure highlights biosecurity and wildlife risks that detection dogs and interagency custody aim to prevent.

Snake Found Then Lost on TUI Dreamliner Forces Plane Out of Service

Bangkok Airport Stops Teen With 30 Endangered Tortoises Taped to Her Body

CBP Seizes 39 Live Pythons Hidden in Tractor at Laredo World Trade Bridge

Kenya Arrests Suspected Ant-Trafficker With 2,238 Queen Ants at Nairobi Airport

Leipzig Airport Customs Seize Rhino Horn and Carved Elephant Tusk in Separate Finds

Leopard Skull Seized at Hannover Airport as Customs Also Destroy Wild Boar Trophy in Düsseldorf

Passenger Arrested at Bengaluru Airport Over Alleged Smuggling of Two Red-Shanked Doucs

Man Indicted After Border Agents Find Sedated Parakeets Hidden in Underwear at Mexico–U.S. Border

Tijuana Man Indicted After Parakeets Found Hidden in Underwear at Otay Mesa

German Border Police Seize 31 Greek Tortoises Found in Shoe Boxes at Füssen Tunnel

Mumbai Airport Seizes Endangered Gibbons in Luggage and 7.97 kg of Suspected Hydroponic Weed

Munich Airport Customs Seize Dried Monitor Lizard Meat From Lagos Passenger

Mumbai Customs Detains Three Bangkok Arrivals in Major Drug and Exotic Animal Seizures

TSA Detects Turtles Hidden in Traveler’s Bra at Miami Airport; One Dies

German Customs Unveil Photos of 1,500 Tarantulas Hidden in Spongecake Boxes

Charges Laid in Germany Over 1,500 Smuggled Tarantulas Hidden in Cookie Parcel

ED Detains Fugitive Abdul Jaffer in Rs 68 Crore Red Sanders Smuggling, Expands Probe

San Diego Man Faces Federal Charges for Smuggling 17 Protected Birds

Manipur Police Seize 72,000 Smuggled Peacock Feather Shafts Near Myanmar Border