Global marketsUpdated November 6

Peru seizes over 3,000 tarantulas at Lima airport.

A routine inspection at Lima airport uncovered more than 3,000 tarantulas hidden in dirty socks inside three suitcases bound for Germany. Peruvian authorities said the cases were carried by two Germans and one Polish citizen, The Guardian reported, citing the National Forestry and Wildlife Service. The socks are a hard-to-forget hiding place; the potential payoff was large too. The spiders could fetch an estimated 1.5 million euros in Germany, according to the report.

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