Frog in Customs custody

By Vijay Kumar

Ms Sarah Plumb is a Customs and Excise officer in Wales, UK. She has a strange assignment now. She has to look after a frog smuggled into UK last week from Cuba. The Cuban tree frog was in pair like in Noah’s arc, but the partner could not withstand the rigours of a long flight and died of dehydration. And a new home is being sought for the survivor; meanwhile the frog has made Sarah’s home his too. And she says, “Exotic creatures do make their way into the country from time to time”. It is not passengers alone who make a Customs Inspector’s job interesting!