Postal customs officers in Moscow did not allow a package from…
Postal customs officers in Moscow did not allow a package from Thailand containing 185 dried scorpions and beetles to pass.
Consensus
- Customs officials in Moscow intercepted a package from Thailand.
- The package contained 185 dried exotic insects.
- The insects included 125 black forest scorpions.
- The package also contained 60 leaf-eating beetles with 'frog-like' legs.
- The shipment was destined for Voronezh.
- The package was scanned using a X-ray machine.
- Required accompanying documents were missing.
- Rosselkhoznadzor deemed the cargo quarantine non-compliant.
- The shipment was returned to the sender.
- The sender declared the goods as dried edible insects worth 11,500 rubles.
Points of divergence
- The package contained both dried scorpions and beetles, with 125 Asian black forest scorpions and 60 bright leaf-eating beetles. — kommersant
- Each insect was attached to a cardboard base and wrapped in cellophane. — m24
- The article includes a separate incident involving a Polish citizen detained in Kaliningrad for attempting to smuggle 37 rare lizards worth over 5.5 million rubles. — m24
Coverage (2 sources)
- Moscow Customs Did Not Allow a Batch of Edible Scorpions from Thailand to Enter Voronezh — Коммерсантъ
- In Moscow, customs officers detained a package with exotic beetles from Thailand — Москва 24