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There's snakes in these socks
The haul of reptiles allegedly found in the 24-year-old's luggage at Sydney airport last Friday included 24 shingleback lizards, 16 bluetongue lizards and four snakes.

Incredible pictures: Snakes in socks and more smuggling stupidity

The snakes have been identified as three black headed pythons and an albino carpet python, an extremely endangered species with numbers estimated to be as low as 100.

The albino python is worth about $20,000, while Customs estimates all the reptiles in the smuggling attempt would fetch between $160,000 and $200,000 on the black market.

They were detected during x-ray screenings of the man's luggage after he checked in for a flight to Bangkok.

The reptiles, hidden in socks and cloth bags, were taken to Sydney Wildlife World, where they have undergone health checks and are being cared for.

The man, from Bonnet Bay, has been granted conditional bail to appear in the Downing Centre Local Court on March 24.

He has been charged with attempting to export native species without a permit, which carries a maximum penalty of $110,000 and/or 10 years' jail.

Customs and Border Protection spokesman Richard Janeczko said wildlife smuggling was a serious crime.



 
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