The man went through the “nothing to declare” line when crossing from Hong Kong into mainland China. A search found his pockets full of writhing, scaly contraband. The man, wearing a black jacket and baggy pants and carrying a backpack, said he had “nothing to declare” when he crossed the busy border checkpoint from Hong Kong into the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen .
A search revealed he was indeed carrying contraband. In fact, 104 scaly pieces of contraband. That’s how many live snakes were in his pants, China Customs officials said.
A video shared by the agency showed the man walking assertively through the “nothing to declare” line at the Futian crossing, one of the world’s busiest land ports. He was pulled aside for further inspection - the Customs office didn’t say what aroused suspicion or whether it was random luck - and the search revealed that his pants pockets contained six canvas drawstring bags, sealed with tape..
