It was the art of the conceal. Despite TSA’s best efforts to prevent flyers from smuggling bizarre items in their carry-on luggage, there will always be a deluge of travelers who think they are immune to the rules. Airports might have recently tightened security measures with the Real ID requirement and a biometric facial scanning … Read more
The Trump administration announced criminal smuggling charges on Wednesday against Kseniia Petrova, a Harvard scientist who was detained three months ago after failing to declare scientific samples she was carrying in her luggage. In a hearing in federal district court earlier in the day, a government lawyer told a federal judge that the Trump administration … Read more
A drug smuggling gang have been jailed for a total of more than 80 years after being found to have transported cocaine across the United Kingdom — in pallets of raw chicken. The ten-strong gang used a fleet of vans with hidden compartments to ferry millions of pounds worth of drugs around the UK, police … Read more
There were a lot of animals down under — and we’re not talking about Australia. Thailand authorities were flabbergasted after they busted a tourist attempting to smuggle two otters and a prairie dog through the airport — in his trousers. Video depicting the man’s bold, undie-cover animal trafficking scheme is currently blowing up online. The … Read more
A second pigeon wearing a tiny makeshift backpack presumably meant for smuggling drugs was found inside a British Columbia prison recently. The incident occurred nearly two months after another bird was found carrying crystal meth at a neighboring prison. Officers found a pigeon wearing a backpack possibly made out of cut-up jeans inside the Matsqui Institution … Read more