Customs officers got a shock when checking a plane passenger’s carry-on luggage and they discovered a massive albino Burmese python.
The footage shows the suspect going through security at Tashkent airport in Uzbekistan before being instructed to open his carry-on luggage.
He then unzips the bag and reveals the 10 foot long snake curled up asleep inside it.
The man was promptly arrested.
The Customs Department for the Tashkent region said in a statement on 28th September: “The attempt to smuggle a three-metre snake at the ‘Gishtkuprik’ border customs post was uncovered
“At the ‘Gishtkuprik’ border customs post, a bag belonging to a passenger entering from a neighbouring state was scanned through the control X-ray machine.
“Inside, a snake, which had not been declared verbally to customs officers or in the passenger’s customs declaration, was discovered.”
