SANTA ANA, Calif. – Prosecutors say a traveler tried smuggling songbirds into the United States by strapping more than a dozen birds to his legs and trying to walk out of Los Angeles International Airport.
Sony Dong and another man were charged Tuesday with conspiracy in an eight-count federal indictment. Messages left with their public defenders weren't immediately returned.
The U.S. attorney's office says Dong was held over for inspection at the airport when he returned from Vietnam earlier this month. Prosecutors say he had bird feathers and droppings on his socks, and birds' tail feathers peeking out from under his pants.
Smuggling birds? really!!!???
The only good news here is that i've found the most hilariously awesome name known to man....Sony Dong.
Listen dong, I know smuggling songbirds may net you about $360 per bird, and with about 12 birds on you that's about $4320. wow. congratulations you're not rich.
lets do some math:
So How much are tickets to vietnam? Hmmmm we'll call it $1100, but believe me if i'm smuggling birds in my pants don't think for 2 seconds i'm not upgrading to first class. It's one thing to sit on a plane with birds shitting in your socks, but once you get those free drinks and hot towels its a whole different ballgame.
Ok so with first class tickets that's probably about $2000, so he's only netting around $2320.
What a coincidence because that's exactly how much i'd pay to NOT have 12 birds shitting in my shoes while on a 900 hour flight accross planet earth.
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