A
man who was caught with snakes and tortoises in his pants while
preparing to board a plane from Florida to Brazil was fined $400. The
U.S. Attorney’s Office said Simon Turola Borges pleaded guilty Wednesday
to federal smuggling charges. The TSA said agents at Hollywood-Fort
Lauderdale International Airport searched Borges August 25th, when he
was preparing to board a plane to Brazil and discovered he was
concealing three baby ball pythons, three carpet pythons, one children’s
python, and three baby tortoises wrapped in nylons and concealed in his
pants. A federal judge ruled the $400 fine will be donated to the Miami
Science Museum.
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