The giant python is healthy and being taken care of (Picture: Newsflash)
Customs officers got a shock when checking a plane passenger’s carry-on luggage and discovering a massive albino Burmese python.
The footage shows the suspect going through security at Tashkent airport in Uzbekistan before being instructed to open his carry-on luggage.
He then unzips the bag and reveals the 10 foot long snake curled up asleep inside it.
The man was promptly arrested, with the Customs Department for the Tashkent region saying in a statement on 28th September: ‘The attempt to smuggle a three-metre snake at the ‘Gishtkuprik’ border customs post was uncovered.
‘At the ‘Gishtkuprik’ border customs post, a bag belonging to a passenger entering from a neighbouring state was scanned through the control X-ray machine.
‘Inside, a snake, which had not been declared verbally to customs officers or in the passenger’s customs declaration, was discovered.’
Source:: Metro
