Posted on 12/23/2012 10:08:04 AM PST by nickcarraway
Customs suspected passenger’s bulging clothes inside bag
Egyptian authorities arrested a man who was about to board a flight from Cairo to Saudi Arabia with 96 snakes he planned to sell in the Gulf Kingdom.
Customs men in Cairo suspected the passenger’s bulging clothes inside his bag as he headed for the aircraft, newspapers in Egypt and Saudi Arabia said.
When they searched the bag again, they found 96 snakes with a length ranging between 30 and 90 cm each.
The man said he had concealed the snakes to take them to Saudi Arabia to sell them for a large sum of money to known customers. The papers said the snakes ere of various types but it was not clear if they were poisonous.
They would always ask B4 they left, if we wanted to *change money* [for a much better rate than you could get on base].....and if it was a SA flight...they'd bring back snakes. I'd laugh to see their flight pants [w/ dozens of zippered pockets], wriggling and squirming. They seemed to do it just b/c they could and get away w/it..
About 30 years ago,while waiting for my flight,I saw a goat in the Cairo Airport waiting area.That was a first for me!
Not uncommon with public transportation to have sheep, goats sitting on laps or tied to top of a bus. Most of the transportation has no air conditioning. Without the personal hygiene we westerners are accustomed to, it was nauseating. Hold my chickens while I tie my shoe please.
Well, he actually started with 99, but had already gotten through 3 choruses of ‘take one down, pass it around, 96 wriggl-ing snakes in my clothes...”
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