"Customs K9 Foils Attempt to Smuggle Mummified Monkeys into Boston Airport"

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Four mummified monkeys were seized from a passenger's luggage at Boston Logan Airport after a U.S. Customs and Border Protection K9 detected them upon the passenger's return from the Democratic Republic of Congo. The passenger claimed the bag only contained dried fish, but upon inspection, the monkeys were found. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention requested the luggage be seized due to the potential disease risk associated with bushmeat, and the nearly 9 pounds of bushmeat was marked for destruction. No charges were filed against the passenger, who stated he brought the monkeys for his own consumption.
Topics:nation#boston-logan-airport#bushmeat#disease-risk#mummified-monkeys#travel-and-transportation#us-customs-and-border-protection
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- Airport K9 sniffs out mummified monkeys at Boston airport The Guardian US
- K-9 halts illegal import of dried monkey remains WPRI.com
- Rhesus Pieces! 4 dried monkeys seized as illicit bushmeat at Boston airport Boston Herald
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