Ouch...someone is in trouble...and more then likely the breeder that shipped these illegally is going to get into trouble as well. Not to mention the $1000s in destroyed animals (what a shame)

Special delivery: Snakes, spiders found in parcel

http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapc...ers/index.html

The label on the package claimed that it contained T-shirts and baby toys.

But when customs officials in Sydney X-ray scanned the parcel, they found instead five pythons and two venomous tarantulas.

On Tuesday, authorities raided the house in Sydney to which the parcel had been addressed. Officials seized evidence but expect to file charges later, the customs agency said.

Importing live animals without a permit is illegal in Australia and can yield a 10-year prison sentence and a fine of 110,000 Australian dollars ($92,000 U.S.).

The parcel was sent from the United States last week, but officials would not say specifically where it had been mailed from.

The snakes were wrapped within white calico bags and the spiders were packed in clear plastic containers, the customs agency said.

The creatures were later killed because they posed a quarantine risk, the agency said in a press release.