The man, who is 25 years old, had just arrived from a trip in Cambodia when Customs searched his suitcase at Landvetter. In it they found a preserved Thai mock cobra, an entry he had not registered for customs treatment, something that had to be done. The man will now pay 30 daily fines of a total of SEK 12,000 for gross negligence in the case of unlawful entry, according to an issued injunction from the Prosecutor's Office.

"Yes, it was quite a fine, given that the snake cost about SEK 40," he says.

The man says that during his journey he was in a market where they sold snakes in whiskey bottles completely open and did not think at all that it could be illegal to bring home.

- I didn't think it could be illegal, and it would have been a bit naughty to have one at home. But then when I stopped at Landvetter they told me that they had to seize the canned snake for investigation, he says.

After the seizure, an assessment was made of Gothenburg's natural history museum and there it was found that it was a Thai mock cobra, Naja Siemesis.

Vulnerable species

After a month, the man was called in for questioning again where he was told that it was Thai mock cobra and that the species according to the International Conservation Union is classified as a vulnerable species.

- I didn't even know it was for real, but yes, it probably wasn't that smartly done, he says.

Do you collect animals?

- No no, it was just one thing I bought on my trip, but it will never happen again, he says.