Jordanian border: Palestinian tried to smuggle snakes into Israel

          Security guards on the Israeli border with Jordan were surprised on Sunday during a routine security check, when the X-ray machine used to check luggage, suddenly revealed three snakes that were hidden in the bag of a Palestinian man from Ramallah. The guards asked the man to open his luggage, and in it they found a plastic box with three rare snakes. The man attempted to smuggle the snakes into Israel. The three snakes were the Burmese Python, the Albino python and the "milk-skin" snake. The total value of the three rare reptiles is estimated at NIS 4,000 ($1,036).