Cockroach Kingpin Caught With 100K Illegal Insects In Record Bug Bust

More than 100,000 illegal exotic cockroaches have been seized in Australia in what authorities believe is the country's largest-ever seizure of illegal exotic invertebrates.

Photos released by the department showed a shiny, brown invertebrate larger than a person’s finger.

The haul, comprising Madagascar hissing and dubia cockroaches, was valued at 200,000 Australian dollars.

Both species can not be legally imported into Australia or legally kept, bred or sold.