Colombia seizes hundreds of tarantulas and insects bound for Germany
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Hundreds of wild spiders and insects were seized by Colombian authorities on Thursday as they foiled an alleged attempt to smuggle the bugs to Europe, officials said.
A statement from Bogota's environmental authority said at least 232 tarantulas, 67 cockroaches, nine spider eggs, and a scorpion with seven of its young were confiscated at the capital's El Dorado airport.
The bugs were kept in more than 200 plastic containers hidden in a suitcase, the statement said.
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