Smuggling / Interesting books

An investigation by the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service and the Department of Parks and Wildlife stopped more than 150 reptiles and amphibians from being illegally exported.

Four men were arrested and harged.Two men from Russia and two from the Czech Republic were arrested by Customs officers at Perth International Airport on February 6 after reptiles were allegedly discovered hidden in hollowed out books and cigarette packets in packages posted from Carnarvon, Tom Price, Geraldton and Perth to European destinations.

'Hundreds of reptiles found' in smuggling bust