And finally… snapped up

And finally... snapped up

Border guards at Heathrow Airport seized an illegal shipment of 50 live crocodiles being smuggled to Britain.

The year-old saltwater crocodiles, around 10 foot long and weighing 40 kilograms each, were packed into five boxes.

They were found by staff checking a shipment from Malaysia.

The crocodiles were apparently on their way to a Cambridgeshire farm to be bred for their meat.

Crocodile meat is one of a number of “specialty meats” rising in popularity in the UK.

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