107 LIVE SPIDERS SMUGGLED FROM POLAND TO CHENNAI

These smuggled spiders were caught in chennai international airport. And they were siezed under customs act 1962

This parcel is from Poland to chennai on the name of arupukottai who lives in chennai. There were 107 spider which were packed in the thermocol box and were wrapped by silver foils and cotton and there spider were kept in 107 vials

To identify these species officials from the wild life crime control bureau (WCCB) As well as scientists from the zoological survey of India’s souther region center in chennai were attended. The morphological examined that the spiders were of genus phonopelma and brachypelma. And also said that these species native at South, Central America, and mexico

And due to there is no directorate general of foreign trade(DGFT) licence and health related documents. And they were imported back to Poland

Now chennai government started to enquire why these spiders were smuggled from Poland.