Xiamen Customs check the illegal animals and extracts by mail

A piece of instant noodles mailed overseas, a big snake with black silver ring! This scene really shocked the customs inspectors into a cold sweat Xiamen Customs reported on August 11 that four live snakes were found in a batch of instant noodles mailed into the country Not long ago, 443 Python galls and 700 bottles of bear bile disguised as "black tea" were seized in the immigration inspection channel It is understood that on August 9, Xiamen Customs officers found that a package declared as instant noodles was abnormal during the technical inspection of the incoming mail After unpacking the package, the customs officer found that there were 4 barrels of instant noodles in it, but 4 pieces of dough cakes were put outside the packing box What's more puzzling is that the transparent film outside these instant noodle boxes has been peeled off, and there are several holes in the boxes, which can be obviously felt that there are living things wriggling inside when you lift them with your hands For the sake of prudence, the on-site inspection and customs officer carried out technical inspection again, and judged that the living things in the box were likely to be live snakes Subsequently, with the assistance of the forestry department, the customs officers caught four black silver ring snakes in four barrels of instant noodle boxes According to the Xiamen Customs, live snakes belong to the animal species that are forbidden to be mailed into the country At present, the above live snakes have been handed over to the quarantine department for treatment, and their varieties need further identification On June 13, at the tourist inspection channel of Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport, customs officers found that a Chinese male passenger flying to Xiamen in Jakarta was suspected to have a large number of mass objects in his suitcase, so he opened the case to inspect the internal organs of the suspected animals According to the identification of professional organizations, the above items are the dried gall of Anaconda reticulata Anaconda reticulata is a national first-class protected animal, which is listed in Appendix 2 of the Convention on international trade in endangered species of Wild Fauna and flora Recently, a Chinese male passenger took a flight from Ho Chi Minh City to Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport When the customs officer of Xiamen inspected his luggage by X-ray machine, he found that the luggage of the passenger was suspected to contain a large number of bottle shaped items, but the customs officer failed to find the corresponding items after opening the luggage After repeated comparison of the X-ray machine images, the customs officer locked the target in a bag of sealed and formally packed "black tea", and confirmed that there was "Maoni" in it after passing the machine alone After unpacking the package, the inspector found that the contents of the bag were not "black tea", but hundreds of small bottles bound with rubber ropes After the policy announcement, the passenger admitted that the bottle contained bear bile, and he only carried part of it, the rest of which were brought into the country by his fellow travelers According to this information, Xiamen Customs found six bags of "black tea" containing bear bile in the luggage of their companions After checking, 7 bags of 700 bottles of bear bile products were seized All species of Ursidae are listed in the Convention on international trade in endangered species of Wild Fauna and flora Xiamen Customs told reporters that according to the relevant laws and regulations of China, passengers carrying endangered animals and plants, whole or part of them, products and extracts into and out of the country must declare to the entry and exit customs with the permit issued by the state endangered management office In case of illegal import and export or smuggling of endangered wild animals and plants and their products by other means, the customs shall punish them in accordance with relevant laws and regulations; if the circumstances are serious enough to constitute a crime, criminal responsibility shall be investigated according to law.