Man Tries To Smuggle Bird Eggs In Underwear

A man who was caught with six eggs from endangered species in his underwear as he was preparing to fly to Bangkok was fined $20,000 as the judge refused to believe his claim that he just wanted to surprise his girlfriend.

Wayne Frederick Floyd was about to board a flight from Sydney to Bangkok, Thailand when a customs officer frisked him and noticed a large bulge around his groin.

After a strip search, the officer found six eggs hidden inside a stocking in his underwear.

While two of the eggs didn't hatch hatched, the others contained birds on the endangered species list.

Each egg could have fetched tens of thousands of dollars when sold overseas and the judge rejected Floyd's claim that he was trying to take the eggs overseas "to surprise his girlfriend".

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