Border K9 sniffs out 99 pounds of prohibited meat, plants and monitor lizard in suitcase from Thailand

A Customs and Border Protection agriculture detector helped observe astir 100 pounds of prohibited meat, plants and wildlife products wrong luggage arriving from Thailand aft alerting officers to the suitcase, authorities said.

CBP said K9 Maisy alerted officers to the bag, which contained 50 pounds of meat, including earthy meat, 33 pounds of mangoes, garlic, bamboo, banana plants and astir 16 pounds of Bengal show lizard. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service took custody of the show lizard.

"If you discovered each this successful a suitcase, wouldn't you beryllium this happy?" CBP wrote alongside a photograph of Maisy posing down the antithetic haul.

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CBP agriculture detector canine Maisy poses down prohibited meat, plants and wildlife products seized from luggage arriving from Thailand during an inspection by U.S. Customs and Border Protection. (U.S. Customs and Border Protection via Facebook)

CBP agriculture specialists routinely inspect planetary luggage for prohibited meat, plants and wildlife products that tin present pests, carnal diseases oregon invasive taxon into the United States.

In a abstracted case, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife said officers moving with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration inspected a conveyance astatine the San Ysidro Port of Entry and recovered astir 436 fish, including rockfish, lingcod, sheephead and yellowtail.

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A California Department of Fish and Wildlife serviceman examines food seized during an inspection astatine the San Ysidro Port of Entry arsenic portion of an probe into the alleged amerciable importation of food from Mexico. (California Department of Fish and Wildlife via Facebook)

CDFW said the 3 radical successful the conveyance did not person valid Mexican sportfishing licenses and that officers determined they were bringing the food into the United States to sell.

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Fish fillets seized by California Department of Fish and Wildlife officers during an inspection astatine the San Ysidro Port of Entry are displayed wrong a cooler arsenic portion of an probe into the alleged amerciable importation of food from Mexico. (California Department of Fish and Wildlife via Facebook)

The bureau said the drawback was seized arsenic grounds and charges are being pursued successful transportation with the alleged unlawful instrumentality of food successful Mexico, sportfishing without valid licenses and illegally importing the food into the United States