Pigeon Smuggling Ring Busted
US Customs officials have broken up a pigeon smuggling operation at the Canadian border. The pigeons are in custody, but their human accomplices are taking the rap.
LEWISTON, N.Y. - Border agents pulled four live birds from the pockets of a pigeon collector and a traveling companion trying to enter the United States from Canada.
The pair were stopped Sunday at the Lewiston-Queenston Bridge border crossing, where they told inspectors they were on their way to visit an uncle in LeRoy, outside Rochester, Customs and Border Protection spokesman Kevin Corsaro said.
Inspectors found the pigeons wrapped and taped from neck to tail in pockets of the pair's coats after they asked the men from Uxbridge, Ontario, to remove their jackets.
As usual, the authorities have the whole thing backward. The pigeons were attempting to smuggle Canadians into the country.
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Diary of the Mad Pigeon — Tuesday, 1 January , 2008 @ 8:10 pm
By Evil Hr Lady, Tuesday, 1 January , 2008 @ 11:21 am
Explain to me why anyone would want a pigeon, let alone an illegal pigeon?
Bizarre.
By Gaius, Tuesday, 1 January , 2008 @ 12:13 pm
It would be easier to explain Carrot Top.
By Tom, Tuesday, 1 January , 2008 @ 6:06 pm
Pigeons - used by terrorists to carry messages. Obviously the work of the Animal Liberation League…
By The Mad Pigeon, Tuesday, 1 January , 2008 @ 8:04 pm
Champion racers and pigeons raised for specific colors sell for thousands of dollars–definitely not the scrappy city pigeons most people see (not to slam my own kind, of course).