Russian woman tried to smuggle lizards from Poland – now they will live in the Minsk Zoo

Brest customs officers stopped an attempt to illegally import five exotic lizards from Poland. The reptiles were seized and transferred to the Minsk Zoo, the correspondent of the Minsk-Novosti agency reports with reference to the State Customs Committee.

The lizards were found in the luggage of a 44-year-old Russian woman traveling on a passenger bus through the Brest checkpoint. The woman chose to pass the control “green corridor”, stating the absence of goods subject to declaration. However, when scanning luggage on the X-ray installation, customs officers noticed suspicious objects, which became the basis for inspection.

During the inspection, five plastic containers were found in the foam box, each of which contained one lizard of the ciliated banana-eater species.

In relation to the violator, an administrative process has been initiated under Part 2 of Article 15.1 of the Administrative Code.

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