June 7, 2005Bulging with bags containing 51 tropical fish, an alleged smuggler's custom-designed apronoriginally hidden by a skirtwas uncovered Friday at Australia's Melbourne International Airport. After the unnamed 43-year-old Australian arrived from Singapore, "customs officers became suspicious after hearing 'flipping' noises coming from the vicinity of her waist," the Australian Customs Service said in a statement released today.
The officers seized the as-yet-unidentified fish, which the customs service said "could have posed potentially serious quarantine, environmental and health risks." A search of the woman's home near Melbourne turned up five further fish.
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