A man attempting to smuggle a flock of singing finches concealed in plastic hair curlers was caught in customs on Sunday at JFK Airport in New York
Francis Gurahoo, 39, was charged with trying to smuggle approximately 34 finches from Guyana into the United States, according to a complaint filed by federal prosecutors in Brooklyn. Gurahoo, of Connecticut, concealed each live bird in a plastic hair curler in his carry-on bag, prosecutors said.Gurahoo told prosecutors he planned to sell the suitcase of birds for about $100,000, at a going rate of about $3,000 for each bird, according to the complaint.U.S.
Guyanese finches are known to be used for"singing contests" in Brooklyn and Queens. Gamblers set the songbirds against each other and bet on their voices, according to the complaint. Read More"In such contests, often conducted in public areas like parks, two finches sing and a judge selects the bird determined to have the best voice," the complaint states. When a bird becomes a champion, its value can spike to over $5,000, prosecutors said.
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