Global Customs Seizure Curio

2026-10-31

Nearly a thousand plants declared as drying poles, fourteen corals under a puffball dress, and two gold bars in a shoe

A ranked tour of six customs seizures made public in the week to 31 October 2026, from 992 potted plants in a container declared as drying poles and fourteen corals carried under a puffball dress, to gold bars beneath a shoe sole, 460 fake watches worth $66 million, eighteen Khmer objects handed back in London, and 48.5 million counterfeit dinars at the Iranian border.

Global Customs Seizure Curio

Nearly a thousand plants declared as drying poles, fourteen corals under a puffball dress, and two gold bars in a shoe

Seven thousand coins in a food cupboard, gold plated to look like wire, and eleven fake watches worth $2.6 million

Ninety-two reptiles in a suitcase, gold spun into bag wire, and a compartment under the passenger's feet

446 tusks inside hollow logs, ten birds in his underwear, and gold under a knee brace

Gold in and diamonds out, a dinosaur skeleton, and one turtle in a trouser pocket

A faked body scan, a 450-kilogram tomb relief, and gold powder in the Nutella

A parcel marked "play toy", a 2,000-year-old mask, and two meerkats in checked luggage

A treadmill motor, 180 star tortoises, and three cats in a shoulder bag

80 gold bars, six turtles, and a first-of-its-kind moth

22,000 artifacts, 48 animals, and 50 parrot eggs

Six turtles, gold capsules, and a 25,000-item container

126 reptiles, two lion cubs, and 23.793 kg of airport gold

Global Customs Seizure Curio

Nearly a thousand plants declared as drying poles, fourteen corals under a puffball dress, and two gold bars in a shoe

Seven thousand coins in a food cupboard, gold plated to look like wire, and eleven fake watches worth $2.6 million

Ninety-two reptiles in a suitcase, gold spun into bag wire, and a compartment under the passenger's feet

446 tusks inside hollow logs, ten birds in his underwear, and gold under a knee brace

Gold in and diamonds out, a dinosaur skeleton, and one turtle in a trouser pocket

A faked body scan, a 450-kilogram tomb relief, and gold powder in the Nutella

A parcel marked "play toy", a 2,000-year-old mask, and two meerkats in checked luggage

A treadmill motor, 180 star tortoises, and three cats in a shoulder bag

80 gold bars, six turtles, and a first-of-its-kind moth

22,000 artifacts, 48 animals, and 50 parrot eggs

Six turtles, gold capsules, and a 25,000-item container

126 reptiles, two lion cubs, and 23.793 kg of airport gold