Man caught at JFK smuggling 34 finches in hair curlers

This combination of photos provided Sunday, June 16, 2019, by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York shows a bag containing hair curlers used to smuggle live finches into the United States from Guyana and a finch inside one of the rollers in New York. Federal authorities say a 39-year-old Connecticut man has been caught on Sunday trying to smuggle nearly three dozen live finches through John F. Kennedy Airport in order to sell them for singing competitions. (U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York via AP)

This combination of photos provided Sunday, June 16, 2019, by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York shows a bag containing hair curlers used to smuggle live finches into the United States from Guyana and a finch inside one of the rollers in New York. Federal authorities say a 39-year-old Connecticut man has been caught on Sunday trying to smuggle nearly three dozen live finches through John F. Kennedy Airport in order to sell them for singing competitions. (U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York via AP)

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