Spiders
Lee Arden, a former pet shop owner in Wales, was arrested as he tried to travel from Brazil to London. When his luggage was searched, authorities found just under 1,000 spiders, many of which were rare tarantulas. Each of the spiders was individually packed, but that doesn’t matter. He got a huge fine, jail time, and the spiders were saved.
Tarantula
Monkeys
Roberto Cabrera was caught as he tried to bring 18 titi monkeys from Peru into Mexico. The funny thing about this story is that he never would have been caught, except he made a very stupid move. Instead of simply walking through the X-ray machine with his bags and being on his way, he took the monkeys out and put them in his clothes. He said he didn’t want them hurt by the X-ray machine. Someone saw him and reported it.
Titi Monkey
