Posted on 10/26/2009 6:59:52 PM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
Now THAT'S a doggie bag: How customs officers found a cheeky chihuahua in hand luggage
By DAILY MAIL REPORTER
Last updated at 12:48 PM on 24th October 2009
Customs officers sniffed out a pet chihuahua being smuggled into the country stuffed in a small bag.
The tiny dog, hidden in a cage, arrived in Dublin Airport from a flight from Madrid with a Bulgarian man.
It was found when his hand luggage was scanned through an X-ray machine and the image of the animal flashed up on screen.
X-ray: The tiny dog, hidden in a cage, was revealed when the passenger's hand luggage was scanned
The dog was travelling in a cage inside the holdall Customs officer Robin Broni, who made the discovery, said he had never seen anything like it in his 20-year career. 'As one of the officers said, they actually thought it was a toy dog because it was standing up and it looked so rigid,' he said.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1222607/Custom-officers-sniffed-pet-Chihuahua-smuggled-country.html?ITO=1490#ixzz0V65oqOI7
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I am actually surprised that smuggling pets doesn’t occur more often.
I have a beautiful chiquaqua that looks just like him. :)
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