Man Hides 29 Live Finches Inside Hair Rollers, Gets Caught During Luggage Inspection
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The birds were seized during a baggage examination
The man was sent back to Guyana after paying $300 as civil penalty
A man from Guyana has been denied entry into the United States after the Customs and Border Protection officials found dozens of finches hidden inside hair rollers in his luggage.
The 26-year-old man, whose name was not revealed, arrived at New York City s John F. Kennedy International Airport on Sunday on a flight from Georgetown. During a secondary baggage examination, officers found 29 live finches that were packaged up and sealed inside hair rollers, the CBP said in a statement Tuesday.
NEW YORK – The United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agency said on Tuesday that officers had discovered 29 finches concealed in hair rollers inside a Guyana man’s baggage at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York. Officers discovered the birds during a secondary baggage examination after the 26-year-old man arrived on a flight from Georgetown on Sunday. The man, who was destined to an address in New …
Man, 26, tried to smuggle 29 live finches into the US by hiding them in hair rollers on flight to New York s JFK from Guyana
The unidentified man, 26, had been going through secondary baggage examination at the airport when officers discovered the birds inside his bags
He had arrived on a flight from Georgetown, Guyana
While the man was not criminally charged, he was assessed a $300 civil penalty
In addition to the penalty, the man - who was headed to an address in New Jersey - was also placed on a Guyana-bound flight Monday
The finches were quarantined and turned over to the United States Department of Agriculture Veterinary Services
Pamela A. Smith
Pamela A. Smith, a 23-year veteran of the United States Park Police, will lead the nation’s oldest federal law enforcement agency.
Smith, who became the first African American woman to lead the 230-year-old agency, immediately remarked that she would establish a body-worn camera program for USPP within 90 days.
The program will initially begin in San Francisco and be implemented across the country by the end of the year, Smith said.
“Body-worn cameras are good for the public and good for our officers, which is why I am prioritizing implementing a body-worn camera program within my first 90 days,” Smith offered in a statement.
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