 Video shows officers searching hand luggage and removing plastic bags that appear to be packed with dead spiders and scorpions. Prandini tells the Associated Press the police disregarded the permits he has from the Turkish government and instead relied on the testimony of somebody who has a conflict of interest, he said. The museum's website lists Prandini as the curator of its spider, scorpion, centipede and millipede collections. It says his research has taken him to more than 30 countries.