Live snakes found packed as parcels at a post office in Paraná

Snakes are found in a parcel at the Cambé Post Office Three live snakes were found packed as parcels at a post office in Cambé, in the north of Paraná. According to the Environmental Police, they are of the "Corn Snake" species and were inside plastic packaging. ✅ Follow the g1 Londrina and Region channel on WhatsApp The case happened on Friday (19). Employees found the snakes when passing the parcels through an X-ray machine during a routine inspection at the Post Office. Three snakes were packed as parcels and were at the Post Office in Cambé. Military Police (PM-PR) The packages in which the snakes were found were posted in Umuarama, in the northwest of Paraná, and were destined for the city of Belo Horizonte, in Minas Gerais. The snakes were seized and sent to a veterinary hospital. According to the Environmental Police, they are an exotic species, native to North America. The corporation reported that their breeding and commercialization are prohibited in Brazil. The case will be investigated by the Federal Police. Read also: More than R$ 42,000: City government in Paraná is convicted after the Justice system understood there was a failure in the treatment of a patient who died of Covid-19 'Horrible feeling': reporter discovered that the victim of a hit-and-run was his uncle after learning about a card dropped at the scene Investigated: young man is indicted for creating 'crowdfunding' campaigns for cancer treatment and spending donations on restaurants and travel In a note, the Post Office informed that they work in partnership with security and inspection agencies to prevent the shipment of items prohibited by the postal service. See the full note below: "Last Friday (19), as soon as they identified a parcel with suspicious content at the Letter and Parcel Treatment Center in Londrina, the Post Office called the Environmental Police to analyze the object. The state-owned company works in close partnership with security and inspection agencies to prevent the shipment of items prohibited through the postal service. Many of the repression operations begin after monitoring, through X-rays, carried out by the state-owned company. When any object with prohibited or illicit content is detected, the Post Office notifies the competent agencies, which are responsible for following up on investigative operations. It is worth noting that the Post Office has monitoring methods that are periodically improved based on information provided by security and inspection agencies. In addition, the company has prioritized investments in preventive actions to strengthen the integrity of postal services. Because it is a matter related to security, the state-owned company does not provide data on the occurrences." Most watched videos on g1 Paraná: . Read more news on g1 Paraná.