Parcel containing 107 live tarantula spiders seized at Chennai airport; pics surface

Customs officials at Chennai airport on Friday seized a parcel that arrived from Poland and contained 107 live spiders. Pictures have surfaced showing the spiders, said to be CITES-listed tarantulas, enclosed inside plastic vials. The parcel was addressed to a person in Tamil Nadu's Aruppukottai and was handed over to postal authorities to deport to Poland.