Customs officials smelled that something was amiss even before they unpacked roughly 1 500 tarantulas that had been hidden in boxes that should have been filled with about 15 pounds of ...

The package did not seem to match its described contents. Customs officials make disturbing discovery after opening package ...

Chocolate cake box? More like a spider vault. 1,500 tarantulas were uncovered at the airport in a shocking smuggling scandal.

Authorities are investigating after roughly 1,500 of the tarantulas were found inside plastic containers that were hidden in ...

Roughly 1,500 young tarantulas were found inside plastic containers that had been hidden in chocolate spongecake boxes ...

The incident occurred in Köln Bonn Airport in the city of Cologne, where officials noticed a large package allegedly filled with 15 pounds of snack cakes – but it did not smell quite so sweet.

Officials said the shipment had a “noticeable smell” that didn’t smell like 15 pounds of chocolate sponge cake.

An unusual smell led German customs officials to uncover approximately 1,500 tarantulas concealed in spongecake packages from Vietnam, and many of the spiders did not survive.

Around 1,500 tarantulas have been seized after being hidden in chocolate spongecake boxes and shipped to an airport. The tarantulas were found inside plastic containers that had been hidden in the ...