A MOLDAVIAN woman attempting to smuggle five baby Nile crocodiles in three pieces of luggage was foiled by Egyptian customs officials on Wednesday, an airport spokesperson said. It is illegal to export the reptiles from Egypt but the woman, who also had 59 water snakes and aquarium fish in her luggage, was allowed to resume her journey home with some fish and snakes as souvenirs. Authorities also arrested an Egyptian merchant who allegedly tried to smuggle rare turtles to Japan. The merchant had hidden the turtles in cloth sacks concealed inside a regular shipment of frogs which was to fly to Japan in an aeroplane’s cargo hold.