Birds-in-crotch smuggler convicted

TIMES INT'L

A man, who sought to smuggle three finches in his crotch out of Guyana, was Tuesday ordered to pay a fine or spend six months in jail.
City Magistrate, Faith Mc Gusty handed down the penalty to Shivastil Ramrattan after he pleaded guilty to committing the offence on September 3.

Shivastil Ramrattan

Ramrattan was caught on September 3 at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri with the ‘towa-towas’ in his pants crotch.
Guyanese laws require wildlife exporters to acquire permits from the Wildlife Management Authority but Ramrattan had none.
He told the court that he was taking the finches overseas as his pets rather than sell them.
New York authorities have in the past nabbed and prosecuted Guyanese on landing at the John F. Kennedy International Airport because they landed with birds without the necessary Guyanese permits.
Those birds, which fetch high prices at bird races in Queens, New York, are smuggled in paper bags, toilet paper reels, hair curlers and now crotches.

Related posts

Comments are closed.