The Civil Guard said the seahorses had been discovered within plastic bags hidden inside the suitcase of a Chinese traveller arriving at Malaga Costa del Sol airport from Cali in Columbia.
"They were discovered during a manual inspection of the luggage belonging to a passenger arriving in Malaga from Cali via Amsterdam," the Civil Guard said in a statement on Friday.
The passenger claimed that the seahorses were for "personal consumption" but is facing charges for "violating import / export laws on the transport of protected wildlife". Seahorses are a delicacy in China where they are sold on skewers at street food markets and are said to have an aphrodisiac effect.
3 comments:
I wish somebody could convince the Chinese that vegetables have an aphrodisiac effect.
I completely agree with you, Barbwire.
If only.
This seems a great moneymaking opportunity. Find something widely available outside of China and sell it online as an aphrodisiac.
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