‘Nonhuman’ meat discovered in US-bound traveler’s luggage 

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(KTLA) — U.S. Customs and Border Patrol workers at one of America’s busiest airports intercepted some strange-looking cargo from a passenger coming from Africa. 

According to CBP Chicago, a passenger from Congo “believed the food they were bringing was fine” to enter the United States at O’Hare International Airport. 

“It was not,” CBP bluntly stated on social media earlier this week.

CBP Chicago said that agriculture specialists at O’Hare found 11 pounds of beans — with pests — and a further 17 pounds of “unknown plants.”

The most concerning discovery, though, was the four pounds of “nonhuman primate meat.” 

Photos posted by the department show the carcass of the animal, which appeared to be a small monkey. The carcass had been dried and bound with fasteners. 

All were deemed prohibited to enter the country and were seized and destroyed. 

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