Don’t let the dog hit you on the way out!
An Egyptian man trying to smuggle over 100 pounds of food through Dulles Airport punted a CBP beagle into the air when the pup sniffed out the scam, resulting in the creep’s deportation, the agency announced.
Customs and Border Protection Brigader Beagle Freddie, 5, caught a whiff of something suspicious coming from the luggage of Hamed Ramadan Bayoumy Aly Marie, 70, who arrived at the Washington, DC, airport from Cairo on Tuesday, CBP said in a release.
Brigader Beagle Freddie was cruelly kicked by an Egyptian man at
Dulles International Airport on Tuesday — which resulted in the creep’s
swift deportation. U.S. Customs and Border PatrolAs the detector dog alerted his handlers to Marie’s bags, the 70-year-old violently kicked Freddie with enough force to lift the 25-pound beagle into the air, the release stated.
CBP officers then took Marie down, placed him in custody, and turned him over to Homeland Security officials.
The heartless 70-year-old kicked Freddie after the diligent dog indicated to handlers that one of Marie’s bags had illicit contents. Facebook/CBP Office of Field OperationsWhile inspecting the dog-kicker’s luggage, CBP officers found enough undeclared sundries to start a restaurant, including 55 pounds of beef, 44 pounds of rice, 15 pounds of eggplant, 2 pounds of corn seeds, cucumbers, bell peppers, and 1 pound of herbs.
“Being caught deliberately smuggling well over 100 pounds of undeclared prohibited agriculture products does not give one permission to violently assault a defenseless Customs and Border Protection beagle,” Christine Waugh, CBP’s area port director for the area port of Washington, DC, said in the release.
Marie pleaded guilty to harming animals used in law enforcement, a federal crime, during an appearance in US District Court and was sent packing on a flight back to Egypt at 12:30 p.m. Thursday, CBP stated.
Freddie with CBP Agriculture Canine Handler Snyder at Washington Dulles International Airport. Facebook/CBP Office of Field OperationsThe K9-hater was also ordered to pay for the beagle’s veterinarian fees.
Freddie suffered a contusion to his forward right rib area and is expected to make a full recovery.
The Beagle Brigader is back on patrol, ensuring that no illegal or undeclared agricultural products make their way into the United States.
“We rely heavily on our K9 partners and Freddie was just doing his job. Any malicious attack on one of us is an attack on all of us, and CBP will continue to work with our investigating and prosecuting partners to deal swift and severe justice to perpetrators,” Waugh stated.
