Posted on 05/11/2025 8:54:12 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Three men have been arrested in Japan for attempting to smuggle hermit crabs out of the country.
The suspects, aged 24, 26 and 27, and widely identified in Japanese media as being Chinese nationals, were detained on Amami, a southerly island where the spiral-shelled crustaceans are a protected species.
Authorities were alerted to the men's live cargo when hotel staff, who had been asked to look after their luggage, noticed the suitcases making a "rustling noise", police told local media.
Officers subsequently discovered "thousands" of hermit crabs, weighing around 95kg. The third man was found to have a further 65kg in another set of three suitcases.
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...
The same thing happened to me at academic conferences in China.
Sons of Han have now aquired a terminal case of crabs.
“I have nothing to declare”
Bunch of wusses! Too afraid to go the traditional smuggler’s route of stuffing them down their pants!
They just bent them right over the bags....and then what? (No, don’t tell me!)
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