SECURITYJun 5 · 08:25 UTCDEUTSCHE WELLE

Australia seizes 100,000 illegal cockroaches in record bug bust

Australia seized 100,000 live dubia cockroaches and Madagascar hissing cockroaches in a record-breaking confiscation of illegal exotic invertebrates. Authorities described it as the country's largest-ever such seizure.

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