Brazilian police hold man after spiders found in his suitcases at airport

Brazilian police have seized a British pet-shop owner who was caught trying to smuggle 1,000 live spiders out of the country in his suitcases, officers said tonight.

The man, who has not been named, was arrested late on Wednesday as he tried to board a flight to Europe at Rio de Janeiro's international airport.

Police were called in after an X-ray machine operator noticed something unusual about two of the passenger's bags.

"He's the owner of a pet shop in London and was apparently selling spiders there," Rafael Potsch Andreata, deputy head ...

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