Travel + Law News From Around The World:

U.S. Customs and Border Protection agriculture specialists encountered this primate skull with feathers May 22, 2014 at Washington Dulles International Airport. (CBP Photo/Handout)

U.S. Customs and Border Protection agriculture specialists encountered this primate skull with feathers May 22, 2014 at Washington Dulles International Airport. (CBP Photo/Handout)

  • Fake Screener Probes Passengers at SFO – TSA is investigating how an allegedly intoxicated man (wearing khaki pants, a blue polo shirt and blue rubber gloves) was able to pose as a private security firm screener at the A-side security checkpoint of the SFO International Terminal Tuesday just after lunchtime.
    • Suspect was arrested on public intoxication, although other charges may follow.
    • Note: Some states, e.g. Illinois, have a prohibition on “public intoxication” being a crime.
  • Voodoo Priest’s Primate Skull, Dead Bats Confiscated at IAD – U.S. Customs and Border Protection mentioned several unique items confiscated at Washington Dulles International Airport recently, including an uncleaned primate skull in a woman’s luggage who was traveling from Russia (a token of “good luck” from Togo) and a traveler from Gabon, Africa, who claimed to be a voodoo priest, with a necklace made of the teeth of mandrill (a primate similar to a baboon).
  • Impaired Driver Tries Switcheroo with Passenger, Police Get a Two-fer – An impaired driver who switched seats with his passenger made a big error: he forgot to make sure the passenger was sober.
    • We’ve experienced that a lot,” Niagara Regional Police media officer Const. Derek Watson said. “They see the police, and they try to do a switcheroo.”
  • 17 Breathtaking Travel Photos – The latest winning images from the international Travel Photographer of the Year awards are now on show at London’s Royal Geographical Society, running until Sunday, August 17th.


Save on your hotel, spend on yourself
____
@travelblawg
facebook.com/travelblawg

Subscribe in the sidebar!

suitcaselogo

Disclosure of Material Connection: Some of the links in the post above are “affiliate links.” This means if you click on the link and purchase the item, I will receive an affiliate commission.