DOG DODGES CUSTOMS CONTROLS IN SUITCASE STOWAWAY CAPER
January 1st, 2016
A MINIATURE schnauzer embarrassed baggage screeners at Hong Kong International Airport and New Chitose Airport, Sapporo, Japan, passing undetected on and off an international flight, hidden in a suitcase. The dog’s Hong Kong owner claimed that his pet had hopped covertly into unattended baggage at home, covering itself with clothes. He zipped the bag and checked it onto a flight. Only when his family called him in Hokkaido about his missing dog did he check his luggage, and out slunk his schnauzer, alive and well, following a five-hour flight. Japan customs ...
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