SYDNEY, Australia — A traveler arriving in
Australia from
Indonesia has been hit with an almost $2,000 fine after border
guards detected two McMuffins and a ham croissant secretly squirreled away in
their backpack.
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Biosecurity detector dog Zinta sniffed out the
egg-and-meat contraband at Darwin Airport prompting an eye-watering fine,
officials said Monday.
“This will be the most expensive Maccas meal this
passenger ever has,” said Australian agriculture minister Murray Watt.
Australia has hyper-stringent biosecurity laws
designed to protect the country’s large agriculture industry from imported
pests and diseases.
Authorities are currently on high alert after an
outbreak of Foot and
Mouth Disease in Indonesia, with all meat imports from
that country undergoing screening.
The disease poses no risk to humans but is a severe,
highly contagious viral disease of livestock.
At Aus$2,664, the fine was equivalent to the cost of 567
sausage and egg McMuffins in Sydney, or several return flights to Bali.
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