Finch Smuggler Busted at JFK
Ryan Boyd March 13, 2018
NEW YORK - OCTOBER 22: Passengers place their belongings in bins before passing through the passenger security checkpoint at John F. Kennedy International Airport's Terminal 8 on October 22, 2010 in the Queens borough of New York City. Earlier today at Terminal 8, the TSA introduced new backscatter X-ray full-body scanners that can see through clothing and will screen passengers for metallic and non-metallic threats including explosives. (Photo by Michael Nagle/Getty Images)
Police have confirmed that on March 3, a man was discovered by security at John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) to be smuggling 20 live finches through the airport. The finches were contained with several tube-shaped containers.
All 20 of the finches were confiscated and quarantined, and the man, a Guyanese national, was fined $300 and refused entry back into the United States.
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Great. The US does not need people like this guy. Ban him from re-entry for life.