Chinese man caught trying to smuggle 200 venomous scorpions out of Sri Lanka

A Chinese man has recently been apprehended by authorities at Colombo airport while he was trying to smuggle 200 live scorpions in plastic containers out of Sri Lanka.  Sri Lanka authorities assume that man was smuggling scorpions for ir vem and would have extracted vem after reaching China.

Smuggling attempt foiled

While identity of man has t been revealed, it is kwn that man who was apprehended was Chinese and planned on taking scorpions back to China.  smuggler was fined Rs 100,000 ($550) and n was allowed to fly back home. According to Sri Lankan's Instagram post, man was trying to smuggle 200 live scorpions. scorpions were packed in plastic boxes. plastic containers were concealed in his lugg and custom officers arrested him as he was trying to leave country.

Sri Lanka has around 18 species of vemous scorpions and out of those species, only one is kwn to be fatal to humans. species of scorpions that were being smuggled has t been revealed. While country has strict laws against smuggling of flora and fauna, smuggling attempts are still frequent.

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