A 36-year-old man from Guyana was caught smuggling 35 finches into the United States throughthe John F. Kennedy International Airport last Monday, April 26.
Kevin Andre McKenzie, who landed at the airport via a JetBlue flight, was caught hiding the songbirds in little makeshift cages hidden all over his body, as per theNew York Daily Newsyesterday, April 27.
The birds were placed in hair curlers strapped to his ankles and stashed in his jacket, federal prosecutors specified.
McKenzie admitted that he was offered $3,000 (around P145,000) to illegally import the songbirds, a federal criminal complaint alleged as cited by the newspaper.
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