I?m Tired of these Mother-Fucking Snakes In The News
Like we haven?t had enough of the Snakes on A Plane references through the course of the year, just to add one more to the list, the same on-screen problem Samuel L. Jackson?s faced in 2006 nearly became a reality on a flight from Cairo to Saudi Arabia on Thursday. A passenger attempted to sneak 700 live snakes through customs to take them on the plane.
From CBS.com
Customs officers at Cairo's airport on Thursday detained a man bound for Saudi Arabia who was trying to smuggle 700 live snakes on a plane, airport authorities said.
The officers were stunned when a passenger, identified as Yahia Rahim Tulba, told them his carryon bag contained live snakes after he was asked to open it.
Tulba opened his bag to show the snakes to the police and asked the officers, who held a safe distance, not to come close. Among the various snakes, hidden in small cloth sacks, were two poisonous cobras, authorities said.
The Egyptian said he had hoped to sell the snakes in Saudi Arabia. Police confiscated the snakes and turned Tulba over to the prosecutor's office, accusing him of violating export laws and endangering the lives of other passengers.
According to the customs officials, Tulba claimed the snakes are wanted by Saudis who display them in glass jars in shops, keep them as pets or sell them to research centers.
The value of the snakes was not immediately known.
