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Australian cockroach kingpin caught with 100,000 illegal insects in record bug bust
Australian officials say they confiscated more than 100,000 illegal live cockroaches from a breeder in May in the country's largest-ever seizure of exotic invertebrates
What happened
According to ABC News’s source item, Australian cockroach kingpin caught with 100,000 illegal insects in record bug bust, Australian officials say they confiscated more than 100,000 illegal live cockroaches from a breeder in May in the country’s largest-ever seizure of exotic invertebrates
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- Australian cockroach kingpin caught with 100,000 illegal insects in record bug bustABC News - 2026-06-05T06:39:28+00:00
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