Grim discovery as ‘non-human primate’ meat seized from passenger’s suitcase by US officers

Warning: this text might include pictures of useless animals that some folks might discover distressing

Persistently rating among the many world’s busiest airports, Chicago O’Hare Worldwide Airport in Illinois welcomed a jaw-dripping 48.3 million passengers by its doorways within the first seven months of 2025, as per CBS Information.

Thought-about the ‘most related’ airport in america, O’Hare has seen its fare share of bother over the previous 12 months, together with having to cancel nearly 100 flights over the vacations throughout to extreme climate warnings.

Earlier this 12 months, police confirmed {that a} taking pictures had taken place exterior a terminal after a number of folks acquired on a battle, whereas the Metropolis of Chicago continued to conflict with American Airways over gate assignments.

To say it’s been a busy one for O’Hare employees is an understatement. However the 12 months isn’t over till it’s over.

Final week, Customs and Border Safety (CBP) officers working on the worldwide airport introduced it has seized a visitor’s weird baggage.

It’s understood that the passenger’s bag contained some unlawful gadgets that had been quickly destroyed.

The flyer was travelling again from Congo with a heavy bag, that includes 11 lbs. (4.98kg) of beans that had been infested by pests and 17 lbs. (7.71kg) of unknown crops.

Folks with a delicate disposition are suggested to look away now.

The odd gadgets continued, with CBP officers writing on X that that they had additionally seized mummified small primates from the travellers case.

This ‘deeply disturbing’ replace was supplied alongside 4 photos of the dried and sure beasts.

And the ultimate factor they snatched? 4 lbs. (1.81kg) of non-human primate meat. Sure, you probably did learn that proper: non-human primate meat was being flown in from Congo to Chicago final week.

It’s but to be confirmed precisely what sort of primate the meat was from.

The CBP confirmed that they ‘believed the meals they had been bringing in’ to America was ‘advantageous’.

“It was not,” officers bluntly confirmed.

After confiscating and destroying the gadgets, the company has burdened that such merchandise are banned from bringing into america.

It’s because they could be harbouring ‘harmful illnesses’ and the danger of ‘introducing pests’ into the nation, as per the Worldwide Enterprise Occasions.

The passenger, who has not been named, has not been charged with any crime, the CBP confirmed.

Why is primate meat banned in america?

Any meat that comes from wild animals in sure areas of the world, together with Africa and different areas, is named ‘bushmeat’.

The umbrella time period is used to explain non-human primate meat, in addition to the our bodies of rodents, bats, and duiker, a kind of antelope.

It’s unlawful to deliver bushmeat into the nation, in accordance to the Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention (CDC).

It’s because the bushmeat could possibly be contaminated with germs that may trigger illness in folks.

The company wrote that bushmeat, in any quantity, discovered at US ports of entry will probably be destroyed together with any private gadgets which will have are available contact with the bushmeat.

There may be additionally a whopping $250,000 (£185,352) advantageous for bringing bushmeat into america.