NEW YORK CITY, New York (KTRK) -- Two men have been arrested after attempting to smuggle little birds from Guyana in hair curlers. The men were arrested Wednesday at John F. Kennedy International ...

A man was arrested and charged with allegedly smuggling 35 live finches in hair curlers from Guyana for "singing contests" in New York City, according to a complaint from the US Attorney's Office for ...

METEN-MEER-ZORG, Guyana -- The judges leaned in, hands clasped behind their backs. Everyone grew quiet as they stared at the two tiny black birds flitting before them, wondering which one would break ...

JAMAICA, Queens -- A man is accused of attempting to smuggle more than two dozen birds through hair curlers at JFK airport this weekend. Francis Gurahoo, 39, of Connecticut, was arrested Sunday after ...

So far this year, customs officials say, nearly 200 of the tiny songbirds have made the arduous journey from South America, stuffed into plastic hair rollers or cardboard toilet paper rolls and hidden ...

Two men stuffed 26 finches into hair curlers and their socks and took a flight from Guyana to John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, police say. Why? Victor Benjamin, 72, and Insaf Ali, 57 ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Federal authorities say a 39-year-old Connecticut man has been caught trying to smuggle nearly three dozen live finches through John F. Kennedy Airport in order to sell them for ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Customs officials at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport say they found 70 live finches hidden inside hair rollers. Authorities say a passenger arriving from Guyana on ...