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Bizarre Bird Smuggling Case Lands Two Men in Jail

Photo: AP / Department of Justice Last April, airport authorities became suspicious of a traveler arriving to LAX from Vietnam after noticing bird droppings on his socks and feathers peeking from the cuffs of his pants. A closer inspection of the man, Sony Dong, revealed fourteen Asian songbirds strapped to the his legs, valued at around $1000 each on the black market. Over fifty more birds were found when Dong’s residence was searched, and police would later arrest the smuggling operation’s ringleader. But after pleading guilty in court, the two men have been sentenced to jail for their role in the

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Bizarre Bird Smuggling Case Lands Two Men in Jail