Tiny dog discovered in hand luggage

Updated: 13:36, Tuesday, 27 October 2009

Customs officials at Dublin Airport yesterday discovered a small dog hidden in hand luggage of a passenger who had arrived from Bulgaria.

1 of 2 X-ray Dog concealed by passenger
X-ray
Dog concealed by passenger
2 of 2 Hidden Now in quarantine
Hidden
Now in quarantine

The tiny dog had been placed in a small cage and hidden in a holdall bag.

The dog had been smuggled by a man from Bulgaria to Madrid in Spain and then on to Dublin.

When Customs officers examined the luggage the image of a dog in a small cage appeared on the X-ray screen.

The dog has been handed over to officials from the Department of Agriculture and is now in quarantine.

A file is being prepared for the DPP in relation to the offence.

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