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Tiruchirappalli International Airport seized 47 exotic pythons and two lizards from passenger
On Sunday, 47 exotic pythons and two lizards were taken by customs officers from a passenger’s trolley luggage in an odd occurrence at Tamil Nadu’s Trichy International airport. Muhammad Moideen, the traveller from Kuala Lumpur, was detained upon arrival.
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The passenger was traveling on a Batik Air flight that originated in Malaysia and made an airport landing in Trichy. After seeing something strange about Moideen’s luggage, the customs officers stopped him at the airport.
Airport authorities conducted a comprehensive investigation before shockingly discovering live lizards of diverse species hidden in a number of perforated boxes. The airport administration then alerted the forest officials, who quickly traveled to the spot for more interrogation.
47 pythons in total, as well as two lizards, were successfully retrieved from the hidden boxes by the forest officials. The forest department has started the process of sending these reptiles back to Malaysia, where they originally came from, in compliance with current regulations. It is being investigated into further.
