A member of staff at Jiujiang railway station found several snakes hatched in a package when he was arranging the checked baggage in the luggage room.

The shocking video, shot in Jiujiang city in southeastern China's Jiangxi province on July 29, shows a member of staff sweeping the live king cobras into a dustpan.

After the police arrived, they cordoned off the scene and checked the package to clear all the king cobras out.

According to reports, a commuter named Qi bought around 510 snake eggs online to make alcohol and the business owner delivered them to Qi via train.

However, the eggs hatched during transportation due to the high temperatures.

25 king cobras were hatched and 11 of them were alive, reports said. Luckily, no one was injured and the case is in further investigation.

7月29日晚上11点多，九江火车站行李房里的一幕让人头皮发麻。工作人员在整理托运的行李时，发现地面上有东西在移动，仔细一看居然是蛇。
现场有不少蛇不断从包裹中钻出来，工作人员赶紧用扫把将钻出的蛇扫进簸箕中，装入纸箱，并和原包裹一起密封起来。到7月30日清晨，接到报警的九江车站派出所民警赶到现场，迅速拉起警戒带，避免无关人员靠近被误伤。同时，找来收货人漆某对蛇的来源和种类开展调查。
原来，漆某早前网购了18公斤，约510枚蛇蛋用于泡酒，7月28号在广西的商家通过铁路货运将蛇蛋发出到达九江，万万没想到，仅过了一天，运输途中蛇蛋就孵出了剧毒的眼镜王蛇！铁路民警立即向当地林业公安通报情况。经林业部门专家到场鉴定，这批蛇就是眼镜王蛇，又称山万蛇，性情凶猛，行动敏捷，毒性极强。经过现场清点，由于天气高温炎热，这批蛇蛋在运输过程中共孵化出了25条眼镜王蛇，其中11条是活蛇，幸好钻出来的眼镜王蛇没有攻击人，否则后果不堪设想。
按照铁路部门的规定，蛇、猛兽和每头超过20公斤的活动物不能按包裹运输。危险品、弹药、不明性质的化工产品及易于污染、损坏车辆的物品也不能通过铁路运输。

目前，此案已移交至九江市林业公安进一步处理。