Brazil arrests British would-be spider smugglerA Briton has been arrested in Rio de Janeiro airport after security X-rays discovered he was trying to smuggle smug·gle v. smug·gled, smug·gling, smug·gles v.tr. 1. To import or export without paying lawful customs charges or duties. 2. To bring in or take out illicitly or by stealth. 1,000 live spiders out in his luggage LUGGAGE. Such things as are carried by a traveller, generally for his personal accommodation; baggage. In England this word is generally used in the same sense that baggage is used in the United States. See Baggage. , reports said Thursday. The man, unnamed in online reports by the state Agencia Brasil and other outlets, was apprehended late Wednesday for violating laws banning the export of Brazilian animals without authorization. He faces imprisonment Imprisonment See also Isolation. Alcatraz Island former federal maximum security penitentiary, near San Francisco; “escapeproof.” [Am. Hist.: Flexner, 218] Altmark, the German prison ship in World War II. [Br. Hist. of up to a year and a fine of up to 2.3 million dollars for trying to fly out with the arachnids in his two suitcases. After being charged and processed, he was released on bail pending a court date. The seized spiders were taken by Brazil's environmental watchdog agency Ibama to a museum in Rio's federal university. 
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