The bird was bound in a sock and tape and tied to the woman's body
Airport security guards just got another good reason why they need to be careful with pat-downs at checkpoints.
Airport security guards just got another good reason why they need to be careful with pat-downs at checkpoints.
A woman passenger was arrested for allegedly trying to smuggle two endangered birds wrapped in socks and taped alive to her body.
Transportation Security Administration officers found one of the bright yellow birds taped to the woman’s chest and another was taped to her leg as she tried to get onto a flight at Los Angeles Airport.
Cruel: The bird was bound in a sock and tape and tied to the woman's body
Xia Jian Pan was booked on a China Southern Airlines flight bound for Guangzhou Baiyun Airport.
Free: The bird after it was released from its strapping
She was arrested by US Fish and Wildlife officers on suspicion of smuggling and exporting an endangered species out of the country.
TSA spokesman Nico Melendez said the birds both appeared to be in good shape after their ordeal. He wasn’t aware of the type of birds.
‘It was just one of those weird things that happen at our checkpoints,’ he added.
The incident came just days after a traveller was arrested trying to smuggle snakes and turtles under his clothes at Miami International Airport.
The species of the bright yellow birds was not immediately known.
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