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De-Pantsed! Nasty Contraband Seized By Airport Security (Yes, Those Are Pigeons)

Jan 25, 2011 05:00 PM

From Boing Boing, a highly amusing photo gallery of illegal goods seized by airport customs officials in Australia. Some are fairly typical, but others really make you wonder... Yes, I'm most definitely talking about the tropical fish skirt lady.

Colorful toy figure emerging from an egg-shaped container.

Mr. Potatohead filled with 293 grams of ecstasy (Sydney, Australia).

Apron with transparent pockets containing round glass ornaments.

51 live tropical fish hidden in a specially designed, hidden apron (Singapore to Melbourne).

Customs official handling vials on a display table.

50 bottles containing illegal liquid steroids hidden inside fake sex lube bottles (Australia).

De-Pantsed! Nasty Contraband Seized By Airport Security (Yes, Those Are Pigeons)

Two live pigeons stuffed into a man's tights, along with two bird eggs, plant seeds and undeclared samples of eggplant (Dubai to Melbourne).

A person examining a damaged book with a section revealing an interior display.

Two adult and two baby southern leaf tail geckos hidden in a hollowed out book (Australia).

Ornate decorative panel covered in protective wrap.

A wooden door containing about 5 kg (11 pounds) of cocaine (Mexico to Australia).

Two decorative items held by a person in white gloves: one resembling a flowered arrangement and the other a circular green object with two white spots.

Two statues made of ephedrine, a drug used to make speed or methamphetamine (Australia).

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