14 Crazy Things People Tried To Smuggle Through Airports
Custom officials have their hands full with the weird things that get caught at the airport. People try to sneak in animals drugs and even dead bodies through airport security. Take a look at some of whats odd in the world.
Custom officials literally have their hands full with the weird things that get caught at the airport. People try to sneak in animals, drugs and even dead bodies through airport security! Take a look at some of what's odd in the world.
1. A tiger cub.
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Custom officials discovered a sedated two-month-old tiger cub in a suitcase full of stuffed animal toys when it went through an X-ray scan at Bangkok International Airport in Thailand.
2. A crocodile.
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A crocodile was transported from Bangladesh to Bangkok. However, the creature was discovered by the customs officials at Bangkok.
3. Pigeons.
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A man was caught in Dubai for carrying pigeons stuffed inside his pants.
4. 94 iPhones.
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Custom officials confiscated 94 iPhones that were strapped to a Chinese man who tried to smuggle them from Hong Kong to China.
5. Money, inside croissants.
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Smugglers tried to sneak in wads of euros in delicious croissants.
6. A human corpse.
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A mother-daughter duo tried to carry the dead body of an elderly man from Berlin to Manchester!
7. Tarantulas.
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US custom officials were surprised to see 200 crawly tarantulas.
8. Cocaine, in the form of a plaster cast.
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A Chilean man tried to smuggle drugs with a cast made of cocaine which fitted perfectly on a broken leg.
9. Drugs, inside a hollowed out textbook.
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A plastic bag containing 67 pills hidden inside a hollowed out textbook was discovered in a checked baggage at Philadelphia International Airport.
10. Chocolate-coated heroin.
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At JFK airport, officials caught heroin smartly hidden in realistic looking chocolate bars.
11. An ecstatic potato head.
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Mr. Potato Head was seized by Australian customs, carrying 293 grams of ecstasy.
12. Statues
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Smugglers tried to smuggle these ancient Kouros statues from Athens to Corinth.
13. Breast implants, filled with cocaine.
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Spanish police arrested a woman who was travelling from Bogota to Barcelona with breast implants stuffed with cocaine.
14. Cow brains.
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420 pounds of cows' brains were confiscated at Cairo¡¯s International Airport. Cow brains are considered a delicacy in Egypt, and are therefore in great demand.
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