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24-05-2007, 16:53
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) -- Customs officers at Cairo's airport have detained a man bound for Saudi Arabia who was trying to smuggle 700 live snakes on a plane, airport authorities said.
The officers were stunned when a passenger, identified as Yahia Rahim Tulba, told them his carryon bag contained live snakes after he was asked to open it.
Tulba opened his bag to show the snakes to the police and asked the officers, who held a safe distance, not to come close. Among the various snakes, hidden in small cloth sacks, were two poisonous cobras, authorities said.
The Egyptian said he had hoped to sell the snakes in Saudi Arabia.
This guy tried to bring live cobras on a plane! I mean wtf? My guess is his penalty won't be to severe (although that's just a guess). However, cobras are venomous. I'm just curious as to what everyone else thinks.
What kind of penalty should someone receive for trying to bring something like a cobra onto a plane? Should it be treated the same as if he were trying to bring a knife, gun or other weapon?
Source: http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/05/24/egypt.snakes.ap/index.html
The officers were stunned when a passenger, identified as Yahia Rahim Tulba, told them his carryon bag contained live snakes after he was asked to open it.
Tulba opened his bag to show the snakes to the police and asked the officers, who held a safe distance, not to come close. Among the various snakes, hidden in small cloth sacks, were two poisonous cobras, authorities said.
The Egyptian said he had hoped to sell the snakes in Saudi Arabia.
This guy tried to bring live cobras on a plane! I mean wtf? My guess is his penalty won't be to severe (although that's just a guess). However, cobras are venomous. I'm just curious as to what everyone else thinks.
What kind of penalty should someone receive for trying to bring something like a cobra onto a plane? Should it be treated the same as if he were trying to bring a knife, gun or other weapon?
Source: http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/05/24/egypt.snakes.ap/index.html