Man tried to smuggle 35 live finches from Guyana into JFK Airport, feds say
NEW YORK — A bird in the hand can be worth $10,000, and 35 finches in a JFK Airport traveler’s clothing landed him in trouble with the feds.
A Guyanese man tried to smuggle the songbirds through customs at John F. Kennedy Airport on Monday, hiding the pricey finches in hair curlers stashed in his suit jacket and wrapped around his ankles, federal prosecutors said Tuesday.
Kevin Andre McKenzie, 36, landed at JFK on a JetBlue flight, hoping the little birdies wouldn’t make a peep.
But a search turned them up anyway, and McKenzie was arrested. He told federal agents he was offered $3,000 to smuggle the birds — $500 up front, $2,500 on delivery, a federal criminal complaint alleges.
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