CUSTOMS officials making a routine check on a train travelling from Sweden to Norway were stunned to discover a live alligator onboard.
The 75cm reptile was hidden in a tube inside a well-ventilated bag and was found to be the pet of a 22-year-old student who had been studying in Poland and just wanted to take the pet home to his native Norway. Vets will now decide the alligator’s fate.
It’s not the first time people have tried to smuggle unusual animals from one country to another. Last year Australian customs officials uncovered a package on its way to Sydney which contained five pythons and two venomous tarantulas.
Also last year, two cheeky 11-year-olds smuggled four baby tortoises back from their holidays in Tunisia. Customs officials in the holiday resort, and back in Edinburgh airport all missed the reptiles, and they were only discovered by the children’s mums when they unpacked their cases.
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