Q92: Victoria's Best Music Station » sven koppler http://kqvt.com Victoria's Best Music Station Fri, 24 May 2013 21:36:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Man Jailed for Mailing Tarantulas http://kqvt.com/man-jailed-for-mailing-tarantulas/ http://kqvt.com/man-jailed-for-mailing-tarantulas/#comments Wed, 18 May 2011 12:00:46 +0000 Amory Gritta http://kqvt.com/?p=3279 Snail mail isn't for everyone. According to The Los Angeles Times, a German man has been sentenced to six months in prison after he pleaded guilty to shipping nearly 250 tarantulas by mail to the United States.

A federal prosecutor said 37-year-old Sven Koppler, who must also pay a $4,000 fine, is one of the "largest illegal importers of tarantulas."

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