Woman found with three crocs strapped to body

A woman was caught with three crocodiles strapped to her waist at the Gaza-Egypt border crossing after guards noticed that she looked “strangely fat”, officials said.

The woman’s odd shape raised suspicions at the Rafah terminal in southern Gaza, and a body search by a female border guard turned up the animals, each about 20ins long, concealed underneath her loose robe, according to Maria Telleria, spokeswoman for the European observers who run the crossing.