Man smuggles iguanas in prosthetic leg
April 12, 2008
A man was acquitted of smuggling endangered iguanas in his hollowed-out prosthetic leg. “During an undercover probe, James told investigators he had sold three iguanas for $32,000, prosecutors said. Four iguanas were seized when a search warrant was served at his house in April.”
A hollowed-out prosthetic leg is a great place to hide a MacGuffin, or, obviously, contraband. Also, there was an undercover probe. Who was on that team? I’m picturing McNulty and Greggs in a basement room, bitching about iguana duty.
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pam | April 15, 2008 at 5:17 pm
How do you do it? You always have the BEST bizarre animal smuggling news. Talk about yer niche reporting…
I’ll take “things you can smuggle in a prosthetic leg for 100, Alex.”
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kineticloop | April 17, 2008 at 11:30 am
Maybe I should spin off an animal smuggling news blog.