Customs staff revealed on Monday, July 14, that they found the animals at Cologne Bonn airport three weeks ago ...

Roughly 1,500 young tarantulas were found inside plastic containers that had been hidden in chocolate spongecake boxes ...

The incident occurred in Köln Bonn Airport in the city of Cologne, where officials noticed a large package allegedly filled with 15 pounds of snack cakes – but it did not smell quite so sweet.

Officials said the shipment had a “noticeable smell” that didn’t smell like 15 pounds of chocolate sponge cake.

Forget chocolate - German customs officials uncovered 1 500 live tarantulas packed in “cake” boxes from Vietnam. Many ...