UK Border Agency (UKBA) officers have foiled an attempt to smuggle a mysterious briefcase full of dead pigeons into the UK.
Some of the birds, which were found at Gatwick airport, had all of their feathers removed, leading officials to suspect they may have been headed for British restaurants.
UKBA is still pondering the mysterious state of the birds - found by a baggage handler on 9 August. They were in a briefcase, weighing 21kg (46lbs) and also containing a pair of boots, which had been left by a baggage carousel.
A Border Agency spokeswoman said: "It had no identifying tag or anything to indicate where it had come from. UKBA seized the pigeons on public health grounds as they could have come from a country that has bird flu."
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