This photo taken on Wednesday by Croatian police shows one of eight suitcases containing tens of thousands of eels seized at Zagreb Airport. Photo: AP
This photo taken on Wednesday by Croatian police shows one of eight suitcases containing tens of thousands of eels seized at Zagreb Airport. Photo: AP
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Squirming surprise: two South Koreans arrested for trying to smuggle 252,000 live eels out of Croatia in their suitcases

  • The wriggling cargo, worth more than US$200,000, was intercepted at Zagreb airport

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Associated Press

Updated: 4:21am, 8 Feb, 2019

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This photo taken on Wednesday by Croatian police shows one of eight suitcases containing tens of thousands of eels seized at Zagreb Airport. Photo: AP
This photo taken on Wednesday by Croatian police shows one of eight suitcases containing tens of thousands of eels seized at Zagreb Airport. Photo: AP
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