A Connecticut man tried smuggling nearly three dozen live finches from Guyana through JFK Airport so he could sell them for use in high-stakes Big Apple bird-singing competitions, federal officials ...

These caged birds won’t sing! A Connecticut man faces 20 years behind bars for allegedly trying to smuggle dozens of live finches through John F. Kennedy International Airport on Sunday to compete in ...

A man attempting to smuggle a flock of singing finches was caught in customs on Sunday at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City. Francis Gurahoo, 39, was charged with trying to ...

New York police say that Victor Benjamin and Insaf Ali flew from Guyana to the John F. Kennedy International Airport — and tried to smuggle 26 finches in socks and hair curlers so they could put them ...

A man who smuggled nearly three dozen little birds stuffed in hair rollers hidden around his body at JFK Airport on Monday has been arrested and charged, officials said. Thirty-five live finches were ...

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Customs officials at New York's JFK Airport discovered 35 live finches attached to a man's jacket and ankles as he attempted to smuggle them into the country for singing competitions, federal ...

So far this year, customs officials say, nearly 200 of the tiny songbirds have made the arduous journey from South America, stuffed into plastic hair rollers or cardboard toilet paper rolls and hidden ...

It goes a little something like this: A young male zebra finch, whose father taught him a song, shared that song with a brother, with the two youngsters then creating new tunes based on dad’s ...

In 2018, police said two men flew from Guyana to John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York and tried to smuggle 26 finches in socks and hair curlers to put them in a bird-singing competition ...

A man attempting to smuggle a flock of singing finches was caught in customs on Sunday at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City. Francis Gurahoo, 39, was charged with trying to ...