Spider Smuggler Held in Germany

German customs officials have detained a man who was trying to smuggle more than 160 large trapdoor spiders into the country from Switzerland.

The Swiss driver was also carrying 45 boxes of cockroaches as food for his eight-legged cargo, they said.

The spiders, most of which were "as big as a fist", were found wriggling around in boxes and plastic bags in his car.

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