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A US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) dog alerted agents to luggage that was filled with maggot-infested bush meat. Video shows two suitcases being sorted through by agents and the raw meat that had been sitting in the bags during a 30-hour layover at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS).
@theposhvagabond Over the weekend the CDC had to be called to ohare international airport arrivals over what a hound alerted to in this womans bag- you will not believe what they found in this baggage arriving from africa @WGN News Chicago #abc7eyewitness #tsa
@theposhvagabond Part 2- over the weekend the CDC has to be called into Ohare international terminal over what an agent had found in the passengers bags. The hound had alerted to the baggage’s before it had even hit the conveyor belt- it went absolutely nuts, when the luggage hit the belt the hound started ripping at the plastic wrap. An agent put both bags on the ground and began opening both- what she found was RAW BUSHMEAT FROM AFRICA. The passenger had been on a KLM flight that originated in Africa with a layover in Amsterdam. Which is over 30 hours of that raw meat sitting there- By the time it had arrived it was RANCID – the smell is unlike anything you’ll have ever smelled in your life – there were maggots crawling around in the bag – my question is this- how did this make it past security the first time , much less the second time when the smell should have alerted someone in Amsterdam. This is a BIG DEAL- bushmeat is one of the causes of EBOLA outbreaks- playing with others lives is unacceptable- @wgnmorningnews @wgnnews @abc7chicago
The videos above show the agents’ disgusting discovery. @theposhvagabond wrote on TikTok:
The hound had alerted to the baggage’s before it had even hit the conveyor belt—it went absolutely nuts, when the luggage hit the belt the hound started ripping at the plastic wrap. By the time it had arrived it was RANCID—the smell is unlike anything you’ll have ever smelled in your life—there were maggots crawling around in the bag—my question is this—how did this make it past security the first time, much less the second time when the smell should have alerted someone in Amsterdam.”
This is far from the first time that someone has attempted to smuggle illegal bushmeat and other plants and animals into the United States. Last October, I wrote about a couple who were busted for smuggling a disemboweled goat also at Chicago O’Hare International Airport (ORD).
Even Spanish singer, Julio Iglesias, had his bags seized by customs officials in the Dominican Republic after more than 92 pounds of fruit, vegetables, and meat were discovered. The smuggled items were discovered when the Grammy-winning artist arrived from The Bahamas (I wrote about this back in January).
Anthony’s Take: This is gross and I agree with the original poster that it’s surprising that this rancid, illegal meat could make multiple connections and end up in the United States. Hopefully, the owner was fined handsomely.
(Image Credits: US Customs and Border Protection, @theposhvagabond, and Dominican Today.)
(H/T: View from the Wing.)
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