When LAX screeners checked Truong’s luggage following the 8,000-mile journey, they found more than two dozen birds in suitcases rigged to include hidden cages.
An Orange County man was sentenced Friday to three years’ probation and time already served for attempting to run endangered “good luck” songbirds into Los Angeles from Vietnam.
The tiny Chinese hwamei songbirds — which can cost a few dollars apiece in Southeast Asia — fetch up to $1,000 when sold illegally at certain Chinese markets in Southern California and are thought to bring good luck. Truong was going to be paid $2,000 for smuggling the songbirds into the United States, according to papers filed in Los Angeles federal court.
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