Border cops nab cheese smuggler
Puzzled U.S. border police arrested a Mexican smuggler with 88 pounds (40-kg) of cheese hidden in a special compartment in his truck, police said on Friday. Officers using an X-ray machine saw the outline of 16 bulky packages stashed in a secret compartment behind the seat, which they initially believed were packets containing illicit drugs. "Generally if you see something (with the X-ray machine) you expect it to be narcotics, but this turned out to be cheese," a police spokesman told Reuters by telephone. Police arrested the 38-year-old driver, seized the cheese and confiscated the truck because he failed to declare his cargo.
邊防警察抓獲乳酪走私犯
上周五,美國邊防警方稱,他們逮捕了一名駕駛一輛皮卡車的墨西哥人。此人把88磅(合40公斤)的乳酪藏在了汽車里面的一個特制大箱子內(nèi),試圖蒙混過關(guān)。不過,走私乳酪這種怪事還是讓邊防警們多少有點丈二金剛摸不著頭腦。警察是通過X光機看到了汽車座椅后面的一個秘密大箱子里藏有16大包東西。開始時,邊防警們相信那里面裝的會是違禁藥品,(但結(jié)果不是)。一名警方發(fā)言人通過電話對路透社說,“通常來說,如果人們用X光機來檢查物品,心里就會覺得這可能是麻醉類的藥物,但這次想不到是乳酪”。警方以“未能申報貨物品為由”逮捕了這名38歲的司機,并沒收了乳酪和卡車。