Man with 700 snakes arrested at airport

[Paul]

Couldn't make this up.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/....ap/index.html

CAIRO, Egypt (AP) -- Customs officers at Cairo's airport have detained a man bound for Saudi Arabia who was trying to smuggle 700 live snakes on a plane, airport authorities said.

The officers were stunned when a passenger, identified as Yahia Rahim Tulba, told them his carryon bag contained live snakes after he was asked to open it.

Tulba opened his bag to show the snakes to the police and asked the officers, who held a safe distance, not to come close. Among the various snakes, hidden in small cloth sacks, were two poisonous cobras, authorities said.

The Egyptian said he had hoped to sell the snakes in Saudi Arabia. Police confiscated the snakes and turned Tulba over to the prosecutor's office, accusing him of violating export laws and endangering the lives of other passengers.

According to the customs officials, Tulba claimed the snakes are wanted by Saudis who display them in glass jars in shops, keep them as pets or sell them to research centers.

The value of the snakes was not immediately known

*awaits Samuel L Jackson joke*

[etk]

Snakes On A Plane, w00t!

[princefielder28]

I bring my snake on the plane all the time but they don't ask to see it

[KILLERSANTA]

Originally Posted by Paul

Couldn't make this up.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/....ap/index.html



*awaits Samuel L Jackson joke*

"Sports is a real viable job choice for kids now. So kids focus on becoming the best athlete they could possibly be."


oh, Did you mean from the movie "snakes on the plane", My bad.

[sweetness34]

Originally Posted by princefielder28

I bring my snake on the plane all the time but they don't ask to see it

Um don't you mean your inchworm?

[princefielder28]

Originally Posted by sweetness34

Um don't you mean your inchworm?

No, thats you, remember?

[TPFKA#1SaintsFan]

You can't bring a snake on a plane? Damn, I'll never be able to fly... :(