In China, at the Menglong customs station, a woman was apprehended for carrying a kilogram of bamboo worms in her clothing. This delicacy is highly valued in the country. On the same day, other tourists attempted similar acts.
Chinese border guards detained a female traveler who had a noticeable bulge in the groin area and discovered one kilogram of live bamboo worms concealed in her trousers. Need To Know reported this.
The incident occurred at the Menglong checkpoint in Jinghong city. Officers noticed the woman was moving oddly, and her pants appeared unusually distended. This raised suspicion that she might be smuggling contraband. Their assumptions proved true: the woman had hidden insects in her attire, which are considered a costly delicacy in China.
That same day, several other travelers were also detained at the same entry point for attempting to transport the same type of worms, secreted within their apparel.
Shortly before this, another incident involved a foreigner arriving from Uzbekistan, who tried to bring 30 thousand US dollars (amounting to about 2.4 million rubles) in cash into Russia, putting him at risk of criminal prosecution.
Previously, we detailed a case where customs officers at Barnaul airport confiscated snake wine containing a monocled cobra, protected under the CITES convention, from a tourist arriving from Vietnam. Articles emphasized that violating import regulations for such goods can lead to serious repercussions for offenders, including fines and confiscation. Such measures aim to safeguard rare and endangered animal species mentioned in the international convention.
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