Smuggler Caught With Pigeons in His Pants

By Kevin Spak, Newser Staff

Posted Feb 4, 2009 7:45 AM CST

(Newser) – A man was caught with his pants down at Melbourne Airport on Sunday—literally. When custom officers asked a suspicious-looking character who'd just flown in from Dubai to drop his trousers, they were shocked to find a live pigeon strapped to each leg, the Age... Read full story »

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