Event · 📍 Lima, Peru · first report 06 Nov 2026, 01:22 UTC · latest 06 Nov 2026, 03:23 UTC
Peru airport officials discover 3,000 tarantulas smuggled inside dirty socks
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Corroboration: 2 independent newsrooms. How we count
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- Independent origins: 2 from 2 reports
- Official source: none
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- Contradictions: none detected
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- 06 Nov 2026, 01:22 UTC First report: The Guardian
- 06 Nov 2026, 03:23 UTC New independent origin: agency Reuters
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- The Guardian 06 Nov 2026, 01:22 UTC
Peru airport officials discover 3,000 tarantulas smuggled inside dirty socks
Three suitcases’ worth of the spiders were on their way to Germany, where they could fetch an estimated €1.5m More than 3,000 tarantulas were seized at an airport in Lima on their way to Germany, Peruvian authorities said. The spiders were hidden inside dirty socks contained in … - Reuters (über Google News) 06 Nov 2026, 03:23 UTC
Peru airport officials seize over 3,000 tarantulas hidden in socks – video
Peru airport officials seize over 3,000 tarantulas hidden in socks – video The Guardian
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