Brest customs officers stopped the illegal attempt to import from Poland five exotic lizards

An attempt to illegally import five exotic lizards from Poland was stopped by Brest customs officers. The reptiles were seized and transferred to the Minsk Zoo. This was reported in the press service of the STC, writes sb.by.

The unusual baggage belonged to a 44-year-old bus passenger traveling through the Brest checkpoint. To cross the customs border, the woman chose a green corridor, saying that she had nothing to declare.

Customs officers examined the baggage of the citizen with the use of an X-ray installation. The images left no doubt about the need for inspection. As a result, five plastic containers were removed from the foam box, each of which contained a lizard - a ciliated banana eater.

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