In this undated photo released on Friday March 1, 2013 by the UK Border Agency, an official shows the seizure of dried caterpillars at Gatwick airport, England. (AP Photo/UK Border Agency)-
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LONDON (AP) - British customs agents made
a creepy discovery when an airline passenger was found with 94 kilograms (207
pounds) of caterpillars in his luggage.
The man claimed they were intended
as food for personal consumption.
The U.K. Border Force said Friday
that inspectors at London's Gatwick Airport
found the dried caterpillars shrink-wrapped in cellophane and packed into
hessian bags carried by a passenger traveling from Burkina
Faso via Istanbul.
The caterpillars were seized by
authorities after the Feb. 23 find because they breached restrictions on
importing animal products. The 22-year-old passenger was let off with a
warning.
Border Force spokeswoman Ingrid
Smith said "the vigilance of our officers has stopped these dried insects
from entering the U.K.,
and possibly posing a risk to our food chain."
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