Officials said the shipment had a “noticeable smell” that didn’t smell like 15 pounds of chocolate sponge cake.

The incident occurred in Köln Bonn Airport in the city of Cologne, where officials noticed a large package allegedly filled with 15 pounds of snack cakes – but it did not smell quite so sweet.

Roughly 1,500 young tarantulas were found inside plastic containers that had been hidden in chocolate spongecake boxes shipped to an airport in western Germany.

Customs officials in Cologne, Germany, made a startling discovery this summer when they inspected odd-smelling packages of ...

The tarantulas - large and hairy arachnids - were in a packet addressed to be shipped from Vietnam to North Rhine-Westphalia in western Germany.

Customs officials on Monday released photos from a seizure of roughly 1,500 young tarantulas found inside plastic containers that had been hidden in chocolate spongecake boxes shipped to an airport in ...

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Around 1,500 tarantulas have been seized after being hidden in chocolate spongecake boxes and shipped to an airport. The tarantulas were found inside plastic containers that had been hidden in the ...

German custom officers were left “speechless” after they found over 1,500 tarantulas in chocolate sponge boxes. According to ...

Customs officials have released images from a seizure of more than 1000 tarantulas smuggled inside plastic containers shipped ...

About 1500 tarantulas have been discovered hidden in chocolate sponge cake boxes in a seizure at an airport in western ...