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Officials in Australia seized more than 100,000 cockroaches being smuggled into the
. It was the largest ever
of illegal invertebrates. The
found thousands of Madagascar hissing cockroaches. These are
insects that can be as large as the palm of a person's
. The value of the seized bugs was around $143,000. An
spokesperson gave a
to cockroach
: She said: "If you are found to possess, breed or trade exotic cockroaches...they will be seized and you could face
under federal
."
