- A man tried to board a flight with a bag of snakes in his pants on April 26
- TSA agents prevented him from passing at a checkpoint.
Snakes were almost allowed on a plane in Florida after a man tried to sneak them onto an international flight.
According FOX 13 SeattleA passenger attempted to board a plane at Miami International Airport with a bag of snakes in his pants on April 26.
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) revealed in an X publication that Miami airport agents first detected the bag full of snakes at a checkpoint.
Once officials discovered the snakes, they contacted the Southeast Division of Customer and Border Protection (CBP) and the Miami-Dade Police Department.
It is unclear if the snakes were the client’s pets, but they have since been turned over to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
The TSA canceled the man’s plane ticket as a result of the slippery incident.
A man attempted to bring more than one snake onto a plane at Miami International Airport on April 26.
The TSA stopped the man at a checkpoint and he admitted to officials that he was hiding a bag of snakes in his pants.
Once officials discovered the snakes, they contacted the Southeast Division of Customer and Border Protection (CBP) and the Miami-Dade Police Department.
Although this incident may be stranger than usual, it is not the first time that an airman has attempted to smuggle snakes onto a plane.
A woman smuggled 22 snakes and a chameleon aboard a plane at Chennai airport in Malaysia last year.
The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) published a tweet on April 30 that contained photographs and videos of the animals seized by officials.
In January 2024, a passenger 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 that all the travelers were shocked or terrified.
It is unclear who owned the snake, but it was a non-venomous snake that avoided humans.
Several X users had questions about the events that led to the discovery, and more than one person mentioned the movie Snakes on a Plane in the comments section.
A previous incident in 2023 took place in Malaysia after a woman attempted to smuggle 22 snakes and a chameleon aboard a plane at Chennai airport in Malaysia.
It is unclear how many times these incidents have occurred at Miami International Airport or if the man was arrested for his actions. The TSA did confirm that they canceled his flight.
X users were surprised by where the snakes were hidden and many of them still had questions about the situation.
An X user guessed who the man was who tried to board a plane with a bag of snakes in his pants.
“I’m guessing the guy breeds exotic snakes or works for someone who does,” he tweeted.
‘The breeder sold that pair and the smuggler was on his way to deliver them to him. 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.