SECURITYJun 5 · 04:52 UTCSEATTLE TIMESCharlotte Graham-McLay

Australian cockroach kingpin caught with 100,000 illegal insects in record bug bust

Australian officials confiscated more than 100,000 live cockroaches from a breeder in May, marking the country's largest-ever seizure of exotic invertebrates.

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