Passenger had to hide meat in a bag and take it to Australia, he had to pay a fine of more than 1.5 lakhs

canberra, A passenger arriving in Australia from Indonesia has been fined about US$2,000. During checking at the airport, two MacMuffins and a ham croissant were found from the passenger’s bag. Ham is made from pork. This traveler had secretly hidden eggs and meat in his bag. Airport officials said on Monday that biosecurity detector Doug Zinta smelled banned eggs and meat at Australia’s Darwin airport. After which the authorities caught the passenger and imposed a fine of about US $ 2,000 i.e. about Rs 158236.

According to a news agency AFP news, Australian Agriculture Minister Murray Watt said that it must have been the most expensive meal ever for this traveler. Significantly, Australia has extremely stringent biosafety laws. Which have been made to protect the country’s large agricultural industry from imported pests and diseases.

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