Border bunglers: 10 odd smuggling attempts foiled by US agents

Drugs are just a few of the illegal products – from the exotic to the mundane – that people attempt to sneak across the US-Mexico border everyday. Here are 10 examples of creative ways people tried to sneak something past Customs.

10. Underwear? Check. Illegal plant? Check.

Because of the risk for pests, all plants must be declared at the border. In one instance, Customs inspectors found two undeclared plants tucked away in a suitcase strapped to the roof of a car.

“Everybody keeps their plants in a suitcase, right?” says Tracy Filippi, agriculture program manager with Customs and Border Protection in Arizona's Tucson sector. “Right there with their underwear.”

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