From: wptv.com
MIAMI, FL -- U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers conducting routine examinations of mail parcels intercepted two shipments of cocaine that were concealed within mail packages declared as personal effects.
The cocaine, weighing approximately .25 pounds each, was packed in clear plastic and then placed within a diaper. The diaper was then placed within a package containing t-shirts and candy bars.
On the same day, one of the same officers also discovered a cobra and other poisonous snakes that were inside a glass bottle containing some form of alcohol. The shipment was undeclared and within an express mail package.
It is believed to be “snake wine” an alcoholic beverage that includes a whole venomous snake in the bottle. The practice originated in Vietnam and is popular in Southeast Asia. The snakes, preferably venomous ones, are not usually preserved for their meat but to have the snake poison dissolved in the liquor.
