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Briton caught with spiders in bags

Updated on 14 November 2009

Source PA News

A Briton has been arrested with two suitcases containing nearly 1,000 live spiders at Rio airport, police in Brazil have said.

The man was stopped by federal police officers and agents from the Brazilian Institute for Environment and Renewable Resources.

He could face a fine of up to four million reais (£1.39 million).

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