Staff at Miami International Airport found seven exotic snakes and three tortoises stuffed in nylon bags as they used a millimeter wave machine to scan an image of the passenger.
Intending to take a flight from Miami to Brazil, the unidentified passenger was detained while the animals were removed from his trousers and taken away by the US Department of Fish and Wildlife.
The man was later arrested for illegal tracking of wildlife.
The wildlife smuggling industry makes, on average, the equivalent of £6 billion a year, transporting already endangered species.
In 2009 a man was caught smuggling three iguanas by placing them in his hollow prosthetic leg, while in 2007 one man went as far as to send two giant butterflies to his customer by post.
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