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    YOU WON'T BELIEVE WHAT AIRPORT SECURITY FOUND IN THIS PASSENGER'S LUGGAGE

    Mirror, UK
    Oct 30 2014

    Oct 30, 2014 10:30
    By Steve Kelly

    The offender is now facing five years in prison after two sports bags
    were seized by officers at Moscow Domodedovo Airport

    Endangered birds worth more than £80,000 were seized by airport
    security when a man tried to pass them off as hand luggage.

    The five rare Russian saker falcon chicks were found in the smuggler's
    two sports bags as he went through customs at Domodedovo Airport in
    the Russian capital Moscow.

    A customs spokeswoman said: "The man was headed for Armenia and
    officers became suspicious when they saw something move inside the bag.

    "When he was stopped and asked about it, he seemed confused.

    "When we opened the bag we found the three birds with hoods on their
    heads and their beaks tied up to stop them making a noise. Two birds
    were in a second bag."

    Saker falcons which can have a wing span of over four feet are found
    in a wide arc from eastern Europe to western China.

    CEN Rare: Falconry is a popular sport in Arab countries

    The chicks rescued at Moscow airport are believed to be from the
    Siberian region of Khakassia.

    Numbers have been in decline because of a loss of habitat and poaching.

    The birds are frequently the target of smugglers who sell them to
    Arab countries where falconry is a popular sport and favourite pastime.

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    The customs spokesman said: "They are often smuggled out with little
    or no regard for their well-being.

    "Smugglers do not really care about the state of them. They sometimes
    die of thirst or suffocation.

    "Fortunately, these ones were in an okay condition. Although the man
    was flying to Armenia we believe the birds' ultimate destination was
    an Arab state."

    The birds were taken to a local nursery and the man now faces five
    years for smuggling.

    http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/you-wont-believe-what-airport-4533785


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