South African man tries to smuggle biltong worth R37K into America
Last week a passenger arriving in Minnesota from South Africa was referred to Agriculture Secondary Inspection after declaring meat in his luggage. CBP Agriculture Specialists discovered and seized 83lbs of prohibited curried and dried beef.
Clarence Ford speaks to Barbara Friedman about a tweet which went viral (especially amongst South Africans) when the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) tweeted that just under 50 kilograms of biltong was confiscated from a South African passenger, arriving at Minneapolis Saint Paul International Airport recently.
Skip to 3.35 for Friedman's view on this one.
Got beef? A South African passenger had 50kg of 'illegal' biltong in his luggage which was seized by border officials at Minneapolis Saint Paul International Airport recently.
The passenger brought back 49,8 kilograms of beef biltong in five neatly vacuum-packed and sealed bags which is worth about R37,000.
Friedman reports that there are speculations that the South African man had plans to resell these biltong packs in America where the proudly South African snack sells for a whopping R2000 per kilogram.
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