THE Bureau of Customs (BOC) has foiled an attempt to smuggle into the country 178 spiderlings at the Port of Clark, declared as “hairclips.”
Acting District Collector Jairus Reyes said the confiscated spiderlings were concealed in an air parcel from Indonesia.
Aside from spiderlings, the shipment was found to contain 157 vials of spiders, with 21 deceased specimens.
The parcel, consigned to a a resident of Valenzuela City was flagged for physical examination due to a suspicious declaration by the consignee.
This attempted smuggling of live spiderlings violates the Wildlife Resources Conservation and Protection Act, the BOC said.
The seized spiders were turned over to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources – Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Office for proper disposition.
