CBP beagle sniffs out bag carrying over 2 pounds of snake meat at Virginia airport

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agriculture specialists astatine Washington Dulles International Airport successful northern Virginia seized much than 2 pounds of snake nutrient aft arriving from Equatorial Guinea past month.

On Sept. 11, 2024, CBP cultivation detector canine Freddie, a four-year-old beagle, alerted agents to the baggage of a traveler who arrived astatine the airport aft flying from the West African nation.

After being flagged by Freddie, agents performed a consequent hunt of the baggage and discovered implicit 2 pounds of snake meat.

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U.S. Customs and Border Protection cultivation specializer beagle Freddie sniffed retired a container astatine Dulles International Airport successful Virginia that contained implicit 2 pounds of snake meat. (U.S. Customs and Border Protection)

CBP said snake nutrient is simply a regular macromolecule root successful Equatorial Guinea. However, snake nutrient is banned from being imported into the U.S. nether cultivation laws.

CBP specialists confiscated the nutrient and spoke with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) wildlife specialists astir the discovery.

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U.S. Customs and Border Protection cultivation specializer beagle Freddie sniffed retired a container astatine Dulles International Airport successful Virginia that contained implicit 2 pounds of snake meat. (U.S. Customs and Border Protection)

The USFWS regulates the importation of wildlife and determined the snake meat lacked the indispensable permits and documentation to beryllium carried into the U.S. By bringing the nutrient into the U.S., the USFWS advised, respective laws were violated, including the Convention connected International Trade successful Endangered Species (CITES) of Wild Fauna and Flora and the Lacey Act.

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U.S. Customs and Border Protection cultivation specializer beagle Freddie sniffed retired a container astatine Dulles International Airport successful Virginia that contained implicit 2 pounds of snake meat. (U.S. Customs and Border Protection)

CBP yet seized the snake nutrient and turned it implicit to wildlife inspectors the adjacent day.

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"This seizure exemplifies the bonzer competence of our Beagle Brigade successful protecting our nationalist captious cultivation resources by detecting prohibited works and carnal products packed successful traveler baggage," Marc Calixte, CBP’s Area Port Director for the Area Port of Washington, D.C., said successful a prepared statement. "Customs and Border Protection agriculture specialists stay committed to moving with our partners astatine the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the U.S. Department of Agriculture to guarantee that carnal and works products that travelers bring to the United States afloat comply with our nation’s laws and applicable planetary conventions."