Dead bird in black soap seized at BWI Airport

March 31, 2009 - 12:19pm
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(Photo courtesy of U.S. Customs and Border Protection)
BALTIMORE - Security officials at BWI Airport are still shaking their heads over what they found in the luggage of a traveler from Nigeria. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) discovered a bird encrusted in black homemade soap while conducting a baggage inspection Friday. The traveler, who arrived from London, repeatedly denied having any animal products. "During the inspection, we uncovered something that looked like black soap," CBP Spokesman Steve Sapp says. "But upon further inspection, it turned out to be a dead bird encrusted inside that black soap. The traveler told us the bird was sacrificed, and she was bringing it in for a friend." Sapp says the concealed bird was a potential threat to American poultry since Nigeria has the bird flu. Investigators also found nearly four pounds of beef and three pounds of chicken bullion in the passenger's luggage?.