The arachnids were found at Cologne Bonn airport after customs officials were tipped off by a "noticeable smell" that did not ...

Chocolate cake box? More like a spider vault. 1,500 tarantulas were uncovered at the airport in a shocking smuggling scandal.

An unusual smell led German customs officials to uncover approximately 1,500 tarantulas concealed in spongecake packages from ...

Customs officials have released photos from a seizure of roughly 1,500 young tarantulas found inside plastic containers that ...

Customs officials smelled that something was amiss even before they unpacked roughly 1 500 tarantulas that had been hidden in boxes that should have been filled with about 15 pounds of ...

The incident occurred in Köln Bonn Airport in the city of Cologne, where officials noticed a large package allegedly filled with 15 pounds of snack cakes – but it did not smell quite so sweet.

Officials said the shipment had a “noticeable smell” that didn’t smell like 15 pounds of chocolate sponge cake.

Crammed into small plastic containers and hidden in cake packaging, the venomous spiders were apparently intended for a ...

Customs officials said they see a lot of illegal goods from all over the world but were left speechless by this package from ...

German customs at Cologne Bonn Airport discovered 1,500 live tarantulas hidden in cake boxes in a shipment from Vietnam, ...

German customs authorities have found some 1,500 tarantulas concealed within biscuit packaging at Cologne/Bonn Airport during ...