http://www.wtfnews.org/ Stories tagged suitcase en-us Thu, 20 Jun 2013 05:13:13 -0400 http://www.wtfnews.org/religion/british-man-arrested-in-thailand-with-suitcase-full-of-gold-plated-dead-babies-to-be-used-in-black-magic-ritual/ A British citizen has been arrested in Bangkok after six foetuses were found stuffed into travel bags. Hok Kuen Chow, 28, a Briton born in Hong Kong of Taiwanese parents, was held in the city’s Yaowarat area after police received a tip-off. He is suspected of trying to smuggle the foetuses – from two to seven months – back to Taiwan to sell to wealthy customers online. Chow has reportedly admitted buying the bodies, which had been ... ]]> Sat, 19 May 2012 18:19:26 -0400 http://www.wtfnews.org/religion/british-man-arrested-in-thailand-with-suitcase-full-of-gold-plated-dead-babies-to-be-used-in-black-magic-ritual/ http://www.wtfnews.org/nature/ohio-man-charged-after-six-puppies-found-in-suitcase/ An Ohio man has been charged with animal abandonment after a litter of six English bulldog puppies was found in a suitcase with a tag bearing his name, according to Humane Society authorities. Cyndi Condit, spokeswoman for the Toledo Area Humane Society told Reuters Wednesday that the man, identified as Howard Davis of Toledo, lived only two blocks from where the suitcase was found. The mother of the puppies was found pacing around the suitcase, which attracted th... ]]> Wed, 11 Apr 2012 22:02:35 -0400 http://www.wtfnews.org/nature/ohio-man-charged-after-six-puppies-found-in-suitcase/ http://www.wtfnews.org/law-politics/man-arrested-with-over-200-poisonous-snakes-in-carry-on-suitcase/ A man in Argentina attempted to board a plane carrying almost 250 poisonous snakes and endangered reptiles in his luggage, each fastidiously labeled with its Latin name. Czech citizen Karel Abelovsky, 51, was en route to Spain when airport officials made him open his baggage at Buenos Aires' international airport after police spotted the reptiles in the X-ray scanner. They found 247 exotic and endangered species in all, packed inside plastic containers, bags and even socks... ]]> Thu, 29 Dec 2011 01:23:41 -0500 http://www.wtfnews.org/law-politics/man-arrested-with-over-200-poisonous-snakes-in-carry-on-suitcase/ http://www.wtfnews.org/law-politics/woman-tries-to-smuggle-man-out-of-jail-in-suitcase/ A woman has been arrested by police in Mexico, after trying to smuggle her common-law-husband out of jail in a suitcase. Quintana Roo Police say the woman had been there for a conjugal visit, and when she was leaving, staff at the prison in Chetumal noticed that she was pulling a black bulky suitcase on wheels. ]]> Tue, 05 Jul 2011 04:31:46 -0400 http://www.wtfnews.org/law-politics/woman-tries-to-smuggle-man-out-of-jail-in-suitcase/ http://www.wtfnews.org/general/crafty-contortionist-turns-suitcase-thief/ A flexible thief squeezed into a large suitcase and then emerged to plunder valuables from other bags while inside the luggage compartment of a Spanish airport bus, police say. The thief had a partner who would buy a bus ticket and place the suitcase in a bus from Girona airport to Barcelona in north-eastern Spain, police said in a statement. ]]> Sat, 11 Jun 2011 04:42:15 -0400 http://www.wtfnews.org/general/crafty-contortionist-turns-suitcase-thief/ http://www.wtfnews.org/law-politics/customs-seize-451-turtles-in-suitcases/ Thai customs has found 451 turtles worth 1 million baht ($33,000) stashed in suitcases offloaded from a passenger flight from Bangladesh, the latest seizure of live creatures at Bangkok's bustling Suvarnabhumi airport. ]]> Fri, 03 Jun 2011 01:45:09 -0400 http://www.wtfnews.org/law-politics/customs-seize-451-turtles-in-suitcases/ http://www.wtfnews.org/general/sydney-body-parts-found-in-a-suitcase/ Body parts have been found in a suitcase in western Sydney. Construction workers made the grim discovery in Meadowbank Park at 8.30am (AEDT) on Friday after opening a suitcase they'd found in an adjacent water canal. Police say the case held human remains, but no further details are immediately available. Detectives have sealed off the road for forensic analysis and are appealing for public help. Anyone who has any information that can assist i... ]]> Thu, 10 Mar 2011 19:27:44 -0500 http://www.wtfnews.org/general/sydney-body-parts-found-in-a-suitcase/ http://www.wtfnews.org/nature/man-tries-to-board-plane-with-suitcases-full-of-wild-life/ AIRPORT works in Bangkok were stunned to find a passenger attempting to board a plane with three suitcases stuffed full of live animals. The bags contained more than 100 tortoises, 34 pythons, 19 lizards, 22 squirrels, 25 lizards, two boa constrictors, frogs, 18 baboon spiders and an African grey parrot. It even contained a ploughshare tortoise – a critically endangered species with only about 200 adults in the world. The 34-year-old Indone... ]]> Thu, 10 Feb 2011 21:15:59 -0500 http://www.wtfnews.org/nature/man-tries-to-board-plane-with-suitcases-full-of-wild-life/ http://www.wtfnews.org/religion/body-of-dead-nun-discovered-in-priests-suitcase/ A priest and two of his companions were arrested at the international airport in Athens on Sunday after security discovered the body of a dead nun in his luggage. The 42-year-old priest and his travelling partners, a 54-year-old man and a 60-year-old-woman, told authorities that they believe the nun, Eleni Vathiadou, was a saint and wanted to repatriate her remains to their native Cyprus. Vathiadou died four years ago in Greece, and the trio of alleged body snatch... ]]> Tue, 18 Jan 2011 23:54:47 -0500 http://www.wtfnews.org/religion/body-of-dead-nun-discovered-in-priests-suitcase/