sneyks ... on a pleyn!
sneyks on a pleyn!
Excerpt:
LIKE A SINISTER sequel to the movie “Snakes on a Plane,” more than a hundred reptiles were discovered yesterday morning in the suitcases of a Filipino traveler bound for Bangkok at Centennial Terminal 2 of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA).
An airport personnel said that all 50 monitor lizards were wearing disposable diapers, which were meant to conceal the smell of the reptiles’ urine.
Erlinda Vergara, 42, was held by airport police and Bureau of Customs officers, and as of press time was being investigated by authorities.
Vergara denied owning the reptiles, claiming that a man at the Bacolod airport where she came from had asked her to bring the suitcases for him.
The snakes were kept in various sizes of mineral water bottles while the lizards were separately placed inside jute (katsa) bags. ... [more]