An uncontroduced product name entry email showed an abnormality on the X-ray machine image, and the on-site customs officer immediately opened the package for inspection. A few days ago, Chengdu Customs intercepted 8 scorpions in the process of supervising the entry and exit of postal items.
According to the on-site customs officer of Chengdu Customs, this is an entry email from the United Kingdom without a declared product name. When the mail passed through the X-ray machine, the image was abnormal, and after manual inspection, it was found that the package was 8 transparent storage boxes, and the storage box was covered with white toilet paper, and after opening, each storage box had a scorpion-shaped animal. After further testing by Chengdu Customs Technical Center, the animal identified as the scorpion shape was the South African flat stone scorpion. Native to much of South Africa, the scorpion is less toxic, tame and slightly neurotic, with adult South African flatstone scorpions up to 20 cm in size.
"With the rise of foreign pet breeding fever in China, it is not uncommon to buy or directly carry some rare or even highly toxic creatures from abroad." According to the relevant person in charge of Chengdu Customs, these illegally carried and mailed unguarded animals and their products are very likely to carry microorganisms and bacteria, resulting in the spread of the epidemic. If a disaster occurs, it will bring serious threats to China's agriculture, forestry and animal husbandry, and ecological environment, "the development of personal hobbies should be based on the premise of abiding by laws and regulations, and when traveling or shopping at sea, it is necessary to carefully understand and consciously abide by the provisions of the "Law of the People's Republic of China on the Quarantine of Animals and Plants Entering and Leaving the Country" and its implementation regulations, and jointly safeguard China's biosecurity." ”