Customs officials at Tashkent airport in Uzbekistan were stunned to find a 10-foot-long albino Burmese python in a passenger's carry-on luggage.
The snake, identified as a tiger albino python from South and Southeast Asia, was discovered asleep inside the bag during security checks.
The footage shows the suspect going through security before being instructed to open his carry-on luggage. He then unzips the bag and reveals the massive snake curled up inside it.
The Customs Department for the Tashkent region stated, "The attempt to smuggle a three-metre snake at the ‘Gishtkuprik’ border customs post was uncovered."
They added, "At the ‘Gishtkuprik’ border customs post, a bag belonging to a passenger entering from a neighbouring state was scanned through the control X-ray machine. Inside, a snake, which had not been declared verbally to customs officers or in the passenger’s customs declaration, was discovered."
The passenger was immediately arrested for attempting to smuggle the reptile without the necessary international CITES permission required for such imports into Uzbekistan.
The python was handed over to the Tashkent Zoo, where specialists assessed its condition as healthy. Customs authorities have initiated an investigation into the incident.
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