Tonne of snakes on a plane to Vietnam
http://www.bangkokpost.com/breaking_news/breakingnews.php?id=125254

A Vietnam Airlines flight to Hanoi arrived from Bangkok with a tonne of live grass-snakes, Vietnam Net news agency reported on Friday.

Sixty bags marked "fresh fish," marked for a fake address in Hanoi were inspected by customs officers who discovered the snakes on Thursday, the agency said.

Snakes are banned from being transported across regional borders into Vietnam; they were transferred to the Soc Son Wildlife Rescue Centre.

The agency quoted an official from the Noi Bai Goods Service Joint Stock Company as saying this is the first time live snakes have been discovered. Related agencies are seeking the snake senders and receivers.

Last Dec 19, Thai Airways transported more than 700 dead snakes from Indonesia to Vietnam, also registered as fresh fish. Customs officers didn't discover the sender or receiver's identities. The dead snakes were destroyed.