MIAMI, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A man accused of smuggling 10 live birds through Miami International Airport had a creative hiding spot for his feathered passengers: his underwear.<\/p>\n
According to the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida<\/a>, Alberto Hernandez Castillo, a legal permanent resident of the U.S., arrived from Cuba on Sunday and was sent for a secondary inspection after customs officers noticed an “unexplained bulge” near his waist.<\/p>\n A pat-down allegedly revealed six plastic containers tucked into sewn pockets inside his underwear.<\/p>\n See also: Quick-thinking victim, Delray Beach police foil $10K fake FDIC scam<\/a><\/p>\n Inside were 10 live birds.<\/p>\n Authorities say eight were yellow-faced grassquits<\/a> and two were blue grosbeaks<\/a>. The birds are both protected under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918<\/a> and were allegedly brought into the country without the required documentation.<\/p>\n When questioned, Hernandez Castillo allegedly brought the birds into the country without the required documentation.<\/p>\n The unusual airport discovery landed Hernandez Castillo in federal court. He is charged with smuggling goods into the United States and was released on a $25,000 bond.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MIAMI, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A man accused of smuggling 10 live birds through Miami International Airport had a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":423102,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[225,227,226],"class_list":["post-423101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-hialeah","tag-hialeah","tag-hialeah-headlines","tag-hialeah-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423101","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=423101"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423101\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/423102"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=423101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=423101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=423101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}