Sneaky slither: Customs officers uncover woman smuggling 5 snakes in her underwear

The vigilance deployed by customs officers was tested recently when they became suspicious of a woman who seemed agitated. Shock ensued when they discovered that she had five snakes concealed within her underwear, having smuggled them all the way from America.

Late last month, customs officials at a port in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China, became suspicious of the woman’s demeanour. They requested to search her, and their suspicions were soon validated. The woman had managed to nestle five diminutive snakes within the confines of her underwear.

The incident came to light when the Chinese Customs Department posted about the seizure on their official WeChat account on July 8. According to information from the South China Morning Post, the species of snake being smuggled were corn snakes. The young woman had individually wrapped each one in socks and…