Snakes on a plane

CAIRO, Egypt -- Customs officers at Cairo's airport have detained a man bound for Saudi Arabia who was trying to smuggle 700 live snakes on a plane, airport authorities said.

The officers were stunned when a passenger, identified as Yahia Rahim Tulba, told them his carryon bag contained live snakes after he was asked to open it.

Tulba opened his bag to show the snakes to the police and asked the officers, who held a safe distance, not to come close. Among the various snakes, hidden in small cloth sacks, were two poisonous cobras, authorities said.

The Egyptian said he had hoped to sell the snakes in Saudi Arabia. Police confiscated the snakes and turned Tulba over to the prosecutor's office, accusing him of violating export laws and endangering the lives of other passengers.

According to the customs officials, Tulba claimed the snakes are wanted by Saudis who display them in glass jars in shops, keep them as pets or sell them to research centers.

The value of the snakes was not immediately known.

 

I'm sick and tired of these motherf'n snakes, in this motherf'n suitcase.

 

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With credit to BBAM, its been done before D_Bootsian

 

Wait. They want to display these animals in JARS? Jars not cages?

How awful.

 

Do I have an alternate personality I'm not aware of?

 

wasn't that like a month ago?

 

... and I will proudly proclaim two things.

1. I saw this opening night.
B. I own 'Snakes' on DVD.
D. I still haven't taken the celophane off the DVD.

 

I meant credit for the name D_Bootsian, not for calling the D_B itself.

 

Is anyone else having some deja vu problems?

 

If we never have another snakes on a plane reference, I'll live.

 

we would prefer that as well.

 

Watching this on HBO for the first time now. Hilarious!