German police seized cooked bats and nearly a ton of unrefrigerated fish when they stopped a van that had entered the country from Belgium. The uncontrolled consumption of meat of many exotic animals such as bats or pangolins has been linked by many experts to the transmission of viruses to humans.
There are even unconfirmed theories that blame this fact on the recent coronavirus pandemic that has ravaged the planet. The 31-year-old driver, an Ivorian national, faces a criminal complaint for traffic violations and unauthorized entry.