Archive · 30 Jun 2025
Man Smuggles Exotic Snakes Hidden in Mumbai Airport Chocolate Boxes
Imagine someone trying to sneak in some very special pets at the airport!
A man was caught at Mumbai airport with 16 unusual snakes.
He tried to hide them in bags filled with chocolates.
These were not just any snakes; they were exotic kinds, like milk snakes and rat snakes.
Airport security got suspicious and found them.
This is not the first time this has happened this month, as officials have caught others with smuggled reptiles before.
Mumbai airport customs arrested a man for smuggling 16 exotic snakes.
The snakes were hidden in pouches among chocolate boxes.
The man, Goodman Linford Leo, a Tamil Nadu resident, was caught on June 27.
The seized snakes included various species like Albino Honduran milk snakes and rhinoceros rat snakes.
This is the third such seizure this month at Mumbai airport.
- Who
- Goodman Linford Leo, a Tamil Nadu resident.
- What
- A man was caught smuggling 16 exotic snakes.
- When
- The man was caught on June 27, 2025.
- Where
- At Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport.
- Why
- Details on why the snakes were being smuggled are not explicitly mentioned.
- Suspect
- Goodman Linford Leo
- Nationality
- Tamil Nadu resident
- Date of Arrest
- June 27, 2025
- Location
- Mumbai Airport
- Items Smuggled
- 16 exotic snakes
- Concealment
- Pouches among chocolates