Customs officials have seized six parcels containing "highly venomous" scorpions and spiders, bound for Philippines and Italy in two separate aircraft here, airport sources said today.
The officials seized three sets of parcels containing live scorpions which were 'highly venomous' and addressed to Philippines via Singapore on a Singapore Airlines aircraft last night, the sources said.
The officials also seized another three sets of parcels containing spiders to be sent to Italy in a Lufthansa flight, they said.
Initial investigations revealed that the addresses mentioned on the parcels were fake, they said.
