240 LIVE Tarantulas Mailed To The U.S.!

Afraid of spiders? How about 240 tarantulas? Sven Koppler from Germany mailed a box of spiders to Los Angeles. Fish and Wildlife Service agents intercepted the packages then posed as customers and ordered dozens more spiders, including a protected Mexican species. I can't imagine what it was like opening that box. Court documents say Sven has agreed to plead guilty to a smuggling charge for bringing hundreds of tarantulas into the United States by mail. According to BBC News he could face up to 20 years in a Federal prison. Spiders must be a big business,because it was reported that Sven earned over $295,000 in his little illegal smuggling spider ring!