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12:46am, September 04, 2003
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[Delete] | Dutch sniff out baboon noses in reeking suitcase
By Reuters, 9/3/2003
AMSTERDAM -- Dutch airport customs officers, alerted by the stench coming from a suitcase, found up to 2,000 baboon noses believed to be bound from Nigeria for traditional healing in America.
"Bags were found inside (the suitcase) containing an estimated 1,500 to 2,000 baboon noses, weighing more than 65 pounds in total," the Dutch animal health inspectorate said Wednesday.
The owner of the suitcase, who was not identified, had flown from Lagos, Nigeria, to Amsterdam, apparently destined for the United States, but seemed to have abandoned the suitcase at Amsterdam's Schiphol airport for fear of being caught with it.
The noses were destroyed.
"The baboon noses are suspected to have been destined for consumption or for use in the manufacture of traditional medicines," the inspectorate said.
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