WAYNE COUNTY, Mich. – A total of over 60 pounds of rodent and primate meat was seized at Detroit Metro Airport on two separate occasions within a week.
According to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection, 11 pounds of rodent meat from Togo, a country in West Africa, was seized in the first encounter. The second encounter, just days later, 52 pounds of primate meat from the Central African nation of Gabon was discovered, which was initially declared as antelope.
Customs and Border Protection said both passengers also had additional undeclared agricultural items in their possession…