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 ...

When more than three dozen finches were found hidden in hair rollers inside a man’s baggage at JFK International Airport recently, Customs and Border Protection agents had a case of deja-vu. On April ...

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 ...

The hair curlers in a flier’s carry-on luggage were worth about $100,000 — thanks to the 34 prized finches that were stuffed inside them, federal prosecutors in Brooklyn said. Francis Gurahoo, a ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The two black finches whistled songs at each other in fluttering voices as a group of men crowded around their cages. It was the first bird singing competition of the morning, and men on either side ...