7 most unexpected finds of customs officers
We present to your attention seven very strange items seized by customs around the world. Some of them are more than strange :).
Perhaps the strangest item ever seized at customs was found at Stansted Airport in 2007: an unexpected find - 10 human eyeballs floating in a jam jar.
At Coventry Airport, customs officers once intercepted a rather unexpected pair of gloves with claws in the style of Freddy Krueger.
The staff at Munich airport was shocked when they found the head and skeleton in the luggage of two Italian women during a routine X-ray scan. The women were told that the remains belong to a member of their family who died in Brazil, but would like to be buried in Italy. After presenting the relevant documents for the unexpected find, the couple apparently continued on their way.
At Heathrow, a Harvard-educated African prince was caught trying to smuggle £163,000 worth of cocaine hidden inside hollowed-out bulbs.
During the anti-money laundering period in 2012, German customs once seized a significant amount hidden in cookies. Each bill was neatly rolled up and inserted into sand tubes with cream.
Ancient statues were once confiscated from smugglers in Greece, near Corinth. Scientists believe that the unexpected finds of the statue date back to the 6th century BC.
The cargo of dried caterpillars was seized by customs officers at Gatwick Airport. Tens of thousands of insects packed in plastic bags and wrapped in burlap were found in the luggage of a 22-year-old young man who came from Burkina Faso, a country in western Africa.
Keywords: Contraband | Finds | Item | Customs