- On April 26, a man tried to board a plane with a bag of snakes in his pants
- TSA agents stopped him at a checkpoint
Snakes were almost allowed onto a plane in Florida after a man tried to sneak up on them on an international flight.
According to FOX 13 SeattleOn April 26, a passenger tried to board a plane at Miami International Airport with a bag of snakes in his pants.
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) revealed in an X-post that Miami airport agents first discovered the snake-filled bag at a checkpoint.
When officials discovered the snakes, they contacted the Customers and Border Protection (CBP) Southeast Division and the Miami-Dade Police Department.
It is unclear if the snakes were the customer’s pets, but they have since been turned over to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
TSA canceled the man’s plane ticket as a result of the slippery incident.
A man tried to take more than one snake onto a plane at Miami International Airport on April 26
TSA stopped the man at a checkpoint and he admitted to officials that he was hiding a bag of snakes in his pants
When officials discovered the snakes, they contacted the Customers and Border Protection (CBP) Southeast Division and the Miami-Dade Police Department.
While this incident may be stranger than usual, it isn’t the first time an airman has tried to smuggle snakes onto a plane.
A woman smuggled 22 snakes and a chameleon on board a plane at Malaysia’s Chennai airport last year.
The Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs (CBIC) has notified a tweet on April 30 with photos and videos of the animals seized by officials.
In January 2024, an airman at Phuket International Airport in Thailand passed through a checkpoint with a Blanford bridle snake.
However, the snake escaped and a viral video taken by a passenger showed all the pilots shocked or terrified.
It is unclear who owned the snake, but it was a non-venomous snake that was known to avoid humans.
Several X users had questions about the events leading up to the discovery, and more than one person mentioned the movie Snakes on a Plane in the comments section.
An earlier incident in 2023 occurred in Malaysia after a woman attempted to smuggle 22 snakes and a chameleon on board a plane at Malaysia’s Chennai airport.
It is unclear how many times these incidents have occurred at Miami International Airport and whether the man has been arrested for his actions. TSA confirmed they canceled his flight
X users were shocked at where the snakes were hidden and many of them still had questions about the situation
One X user guessed who the man was who tried to board a plane with a bag of snakes in his pants.
“I suspect the man breeds exotic snakes, or works for someone who does,” she tweeted.
‘The breeder sold that pair and the smuggler was on his way to deliver them. No one seems to know what kind of snakes they are.’
However, more than one X user claimed that the snakes at the Miami airport were juvenile Palmetto corn snakes.