Passenger Tries to Smuggle 56-Pound, 4-Foot Long Squash into the UK
Mar 11, 14, 12:14 pm
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Passenger Tries to Smuggle 56-Pound, 4-Foot Long Squash into the UK
Customs officers at Birmingham Airport made an unusual discovery yesterday. A passenger transiting from Bangladesh into Britain was in possession of a 4-foot long, 4-stone (56-pound) giant squash.
If you need a good laugh, check out the picture of an environmental health worker standing next to the squash.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...passenger.html
If you need a good laugh, check out the picture of an environmental health worker standing next to the squash.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...passenger.html
Mar 11, 14, 2:15 pm
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OK, that's even bigger than the block of cheese disguised as a baby that Lucy tried to smuggle home.
Mar 11, 14, 9:46 pm
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That's a first!
(I have seen people parallel trade heavy objects both into the UK and into the mainland, but not this.)
(I have seen people parallel trade heavy objects both into the UK and into the mainland, but not this.)
Mar 12, 14, 12:27 am
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Originally Posted by youreadyfreddie
OK, that's even bigger than the block of cheese disguised as a baby that Lucy tried to smuggle home.
Mar 12, 14, 2:20 am
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As well as the squash, the smugglers were caught sneaking in 175lb (79kg) of fish and 94,000 cigarettes from Bangladesh
Great googly moogly...was this some sort of cargo shipment?
Also found in the illegal haul were 2,000lb (907kg) of betel leaves, a mild stimulant popular on the Indian sub-continent, where it is commonly chewed or smoked.
Ok, had to be cargo shipment....betel leaves....ah the memories.
Great googly moogly...was this some sort of cargo shipment?
Also found in the illegal haul were 2,000lb (907kg) of betel leaves, a mild stimulant popular on the Indian sub-continent, where it is commonly chewed or smoked.
Ok, had to be cargo shipment....betel leaves....ah the memories.
Mar 12, 14, 10:56 am
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there goes the squash quota for the rest of the year
I still think it is harder to sneak a cantaloupe into California than to bring a bible into North Korea.
Mar 13, 14, 2:34 pm
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For some reason, this sprang to mind:
Oh, What a Beauty
Oh, What a Beauty
