Published on
05/06/2026 - 8:01 GMT+2
Australian authorities have raided a bug-breeding operation in the state of New South Wales, seizing more than 100,000 live exotic cockroaches.
The Department of Climate Change, Energy, Environment and Water (DCCEEW) said the seizure, which took place in Bathurst, west of Sydney, was worth an estimated A$200,000, making it the "largest seizure of illegal exotic invertebrates in Australia".
It included dubia cockroaches and Madagascar hissing cockroaches, both of which cannot be legally imported into Australia or kept, bred, or sold.
