3 Live King Cobras Found Hidden In Potato Chip Canisters

cbs2la ^ | July 26, 2017 6:46 AM

[BenLurkin]

A Monterey Park man faces charges Wednesday of smuggling three live king cobras hidden in potato chip canisters into the country from Hong Kong.

Rodrigo Franco, 34, was arrested Tuesday by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. He was named in a criminal complaint filed on July 21 on one count of illegally importing merchandise into the United States.

Federal authorities say a package sent from Hong Kong was inspected by the customs and border agents who discovered three two-foot king cobras – a protected and highly venomous reptile. The parcel sent through the postal service also contained three albino Chinese soft-shelled turtles, according to Department of Justice spokesman Thom Mrozek. The dangerous snakes were seized by federal officials.

[BenLurkin]

Always a great gag?

[blueunicorn6]

This may be the importation of biological weapons.

[Snickering Hound]

At least they weren't purple cobras.

[ClearCase_guy]

“I have had it with these MF-ing snakes in a can!”

[Flick Lives]

This may be the importation of biological weapons.

Pringles are a bioweapon. ;-)

[Coronal]

I guess you can eat just one.

[xp38]

2 ft are babies. King Cobras can grow to 18 ft in length.

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

Gets worse;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NL6CDFn2i3I

[Vaquero]

These are baby king cobras
These things get over 18’ long. Largest poisonous snake on the planet.

[blueunicorn6]

Sometimes, Flick, sometimes.

Naw. I was just wondering if this was an attempt to introduce a really dangerous species into say, Florida.

[xp38]

The mystery flavour is King Cobra!

[Diana in Wisconsin]

“Why did it have to be Snakes?!?!” ~ Indiana Jones

[BenLurkin]

Dropping are we? Dig this...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGAMApKhtt4

enjoy

[Vaquero]

[Buckeye McFrog]

[ichabod1]

Put ‘em in that state park to help control the monkey population.

[blueunicorn6]

I think that’s how Planet of the Apes starts out.

[DFG]

I HATE SNAKES!!

[PGR88]

Hong Kong doesn’t have cobras either - I wonder where they really came from?

[Daffynition]

Smuggler was found to have a mongoose at home that was starving