Man caught smuggling live birds in pants

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(CNN)- U.S. Customs arrested a man they say tried smuggling live birds in his pants.

The man was a passenger on a flight from Cuba to Florida.

Customs and Border Patrol agents took the man into custody on January 9 at Miami International Airport.

Officials say the passenger was concealing six exotic birds in a fanny pack and three more in his groin area.

The birds were turned over to the Department of Agriculture’s Miami Quarantine Station.

It is a violation of federal law to smuggle live animals into the United States.

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