Man Caught Wearing 19 Pythons'

[matcom]

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AN alleged snake smuggler and a man accused of bringing more than 50 bird eggs to Australia from Singapore faced court in Brisbane today.

Gregory John Comans, 47, a company director, was charged with illegally importing 19 rare python snakes after he was arrested at Brisbane airport yesterday after flying in from Singapore.

The Brisbane Magistrates Court heard Mr Comans had the reptiles hidden in cigarette packets in a custom made vest strapped to his chest.

An Indonesian resident, he will reside at Urangan in Hervey Bay, south-east Queensland, while he is in Australia.

In a separate incident on an earlier flight from Singapore yesterday, Terrence John Quinnell, 48, was arrested for carrying 52 unidentified birds' eggs.

http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,10749204%255E13762,00.html

[izzie]

1. Lets get him over here. He could call into C-Span on the Bush line,

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