Customs officers seize over 400 live ants 19:28 UTC+8, 2021-02-24 0
Alien species, illegally imported from overseas, could have put people and animals at risk as well as potentially destroying the local ecology and environment.
Edited by Tian Shengjie. Subtitles by Tian Shengjie.
Over 400 illegally imported live ants have been seized by local customs.
A package, said to be material for dentistry, showed abnormalities when X-rayed. Staff at Shanghai Post Office Customs opened it and found 406 ants, each 2 centimeters long, in small plastic tubes along with moist cotton and air vents.
The smuggled ants have been transferred to the relevant department for disposal, customs said.