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Man busted for trying to smuggle 36 birds into the US under his clothes for birdsong contests
Date: 2021-04-28 00:00:00

Authorities at New York City's JFK Airport nabbed Kevin Andre Mckenzie, 36, for attempting to smuggle nearly three-dozen finches jammed into hair rollers from Guyana to New York City for birdsong competitions. According to NBC New York, "McKenzie told Customs agents that he was paid $500 to bring the birds to the U.S. and that he would be paid an additional $2,500 when he successfully exited Customs."

That may seem like a lot of finches, but it's just half of the number of birds that this smuggler on the same route managed to pack into rollers a couple years ago.

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