Gnomes Implicated in Reptilian Smuggling Ring

[LostinVA]

http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/customs-find-snakes-in-garden-gnomes/2007/06/19/1182019086471.html

Customs find snakes in garden gnomes

Erik Jensen
June 19, 2007
Snakes and lizards were concealed in the hollow spaces of pottery figurines and garden gnomes in a smuggling racket.

Customs and Quarantine officers have broken a smuggling racket in which snakes and lizards were sent as gifts, concealed in the hollow spaces of pottery figurines and garden gnomes.

Garden gnomes sent to an address in Blacktown were seized on June 10 when a customs officer saw snakes moving in the package, a customs spokesman said.

Two snakes and three lizards were found inside the gnomes at the Australia Post Gateway Facility at Clyde in Sydney's west.

The package was resealed and the reptiles, sent from Britain, euthanased because of quarantine concerns.

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What has Gniles gotten himself into now?

[wildhorses]

1. you better hide his passport NOW

he may not survive:rofl:

:hi:

[LostinVA]

2. The scary thing is

he's the only one in the house that even knows where his passport is. Haruka and I lost ours.

[LostinVA]

3. Shameless kick

[AllegroRondo]

4. I've never trusted garden gnomes

those evil grins make me shudder. I always knew they were up to something.

[Call Me Wesley]

5. Advice: Do not open Gniles!

I repeat: Do not open Gniles!

Please trust me on that.

[LostinVA]

6. Oh gno!

It's too late!

[flvegan]

7. SNAKES...in a m'fing gnome!!!!

[Fire Walk With Me]

8. Where is Samuel L. Jackson when you need him.

[mentalsolstice]

9. And Gniles has been in your bed, hasn't he?

You may want to check and see if you have unexpected company under the covers.

Those crazy gnomes, you never know what they're going to get into next!

[LostinVA]

11. Ick -- you're right

[lost-in-nj]

10. Eww

but I LOVE friggin garden gnomes....
looking for one to put on my stairs
I have a gargoyle
half moon face
turtle
and sleeping pig on my front stairs....
when I get back I just might have to start a picture thread of
garden ornaments!!!!!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

lost
leaving on a jet plane

[Whoa_Nelly]

12. Gnome Abuse!

CALL CONGRESS RIGHT FUCKING NOW!

They must be re-gnomed immediately!!

Disfigured gnomes were not stolen, police
By Andy Whelan



Police have confirmed that 26 gnomes strapped to lampposts in a busy shopping centre were not stolen.

The Argus reported last week how pranksters taped the gnomes to posts in Broad Street, Seaford, complete with cryptic messages.

Officers initially thought they had been stolen from a garden centre but have since said they believe they were bought by teenagers.

Seaford police sergeant David Kemp said: "We have established that the little fellows were bought by some high spirited youngsters who disfigured them with some rather gruesome messages before attaching them to posts around the town.

"We are attempting to re-gnome them in the hope that they will recover from their ordeal and strike a more traditional pose with fishing rods, ponds and flowers."

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