Guangxi Fangchenggang Border Management Detachment reported on January 28 that the police from the Banba Border Police Station of the detachment conducted routine inspections on a bus heading for Dongxing City at the Jiangkou duty point along the border road. They found a large number of plastic bags and disposable lunch boxes. It contains live scorpions and frozen centipedes, and the owner cannot provide any legal procedures for the shipment.

After counting, about 1,000 scorpions with an average length of 23 cm were seized; about 3,500 centipedes, with an average length of 10 cm.

  At present, the case is still under further investigation, and the goods have been handed over to the local forestry bureau for harmless treatment.

  (Edited by Zhang Zhenguo and Zhang Jialin Li Jiali)

Editor in charge: [Zhang Aolin]