Man caught smuggling 100 live snakes in his trousers in China

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4 months ago

July 10, 2024

By Francesca Hangeior

A man has been caught trying to smuggle over 100 live snakes into mainland China by cramming them into his trousers, according to the country’s customs authority.

The unnamed traveller was stopped by customs officers as he sought to slip out of semi-autonomous Hong Kong and into the border city of Shenzhen, China Customs said in a statement on Tuesday.

“Upon inspection, customs officers discovered that the pockets of the trousers the passenger was wearing were packed with six canvas drawstring bags and sealed with tape,” the statement said.

“Once opened, each bag was found to contain living snakes in all kinds of shapes, sizes and colours,” it added.

The statement said officers seized 104 of the scaly reptiles, including milk snakes and corn snakes, many of which were non-native species.

An accompanying video showed two border agents peering into transparent plastic bags filled with squirming red, pink and white snakes.

China is one of the world’s biggest animal trafficking hubs, but authorities have cracked down on the illicit trade in recent years.

The country’s biosecurity and disease control laws forbid people from bringing in non-native species without permission.

“Those who break the rules will be… held liable in accordance with the law,” the customs authority said, without specifying the man’s punishment.

MASSIVE Empowerment: Senator Manu embarks another ICT training Taraba Central (Video)

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1 hour ago

November 20, 2024

Naijablitznews

The Senator representing Taraba Central Senatorial District Manu Haruna has embarked on massive training of students across his constituency in Taraba State.

Recall that before this training, Senator Manu had embarked on similar training in his constituency where over 1000 students benefitted with starter packs.

In this on going program put together by Senator Manu Haruna and the Centre for National Productivity started on Wednesday and is expected to end on Thursday, where the trainees will collect their starter packs consisting of computers and other necessary gadgets.

The program is on going in five local governments namely: Gassol LGA
Sardauna LGA Bali LGA Kurmi LGA
Gashaka LGA.

While declaring the program open, representative of Senator Manu Haruna Director General of his Campaign, Hon Simon Dogari, who also led other members council to the event said:

“This is not the first of its kind that our iconic leader Senator has organized, in the past he had organized similar training programs where over 3,000 students benefitted across our Senatorial District.

He said: ” This particular program will sharpen the skills of all participants to prepare them for the new world order of internet surfing.

“I plead with you all to attend to to your lectures with all seriousness as at the end of this program you will get starter packs consisting of a laptop.

Others who represented Senator Manu at the event include:
Hon Alhassan Hamman Gassol
Alh. Shaibu Ishaka Kurmi
Hon. Abbas Kaura
Hon. Dr Abdullahi Jugulde
Hon. Hassan Bako
Hon. Somalia Sule
Alh. Falalu Manu
Alh. Alhassan Doro
Hon. Mohammed Nagogo
Prof. Yushua Ahmed Bali
Hon. Muslim Aruwa Commissioner for science and Technology Taraba State

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Pope Francis kicks as Russian invades Ukraine

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2 hours ago

November 20, 2024

Naijablitznews

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By Francesca Hangeior

Pope Francis marked 1,000 days since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine Wednesday, calling it a “shameful disaster for humanity” at an audience attended by First Lady of Ukraine, Olena Zelenska.

“Yesterday marked 1,000 days since the invasion of Ukraine. A tragic anniversary for the victims and the destruction it has caused,” the Argentine pope said at the end of his weekly general audience at the Vatican.

“But at the same time, (it is) a shameful disaster for all humanity,” he added in front of the thousands of faithful gathered in St. Peter’s Square, where Zelenska sat with the first ladies of Armenia, Lithuania and Serbia.

He expressed his closeness to the “martyred Ukrainian people” and called for efforts “so that weapons give way to dialogue”.

Francis then read a letter addressed to him by a Ukrainian student in which he describes the war and how people are suffering.

Russia launched its full-scale attack on Ukraine in February 2022 and since then, the pope has frequently called for an end to the conflict.