The package did not seem to match its described contents. Customs officials make disturbing discovery after opening package ...

Chocolate cake box? More like a spider vault. 1,500 tarantulas were uncovered at the airport in a shocking smuggling scandal.

Authorities are investigating after roughly 1,500 of the tarantulas were found inside plastic containers that were hidden in ...

Roughly 1,500 young tarantulas were found inside plastic containers that had been hidden in chocolate spongecake boxes ...

The incident occurred in Köln Bonn Airport in the city of Cologne, where officials noticed a large package allegedly filled with 15 pounds of snack cakes – but it did not smell quite so sweet.

Officials said the shipment had a “noticeable smell” that didn’t smell like 15 pounds of chocolate sponge cake.

An unusual smell led German customs officials to uncover approximately 1,500 tarantulas concealed in spongecake packages from Vietnam, and many of the spiders did not survive.

Arachnophobes beware: Customs officials on Monday released photos from a seizure of roughly 1,500 young tarantulas found inside plastic containers that had been hidden in chocolate spongecake boxes ...

German customs officers have discovered a massive haul of about 1,500 tarantulas hidden inside a shipment disguised as ...