A 5-year-old Customs and Border Safety beagle named Freddie, pictured in a CBP Fb video in March, was kicked and injured by a traveler this week throughout a bag search at Washington Dulles Worldwide Airport.
CBP Workplace of Area Operations/Fb/Screenshot by NPR
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CBP Workplace of Area Operations/Fb/Screenshot by NPR
A 70-year-old Egyptian man pleaded responsible in federal courtroom this week after he kicked a Customs and Border Safety agriculture detector canine throughout a bag search at Washington Dulles Worldwide Airport.
Hamed Ramadan Bayoumy Aly Marie was charged with harming an animal utilized in legislation enforcement for kicking a 5-year-old beagle named Freddie exhausting sufficient to elevate the 25-pound animal off the bottom, CBP stated in a news release.
The canine suffered contusions on the proper aspect of his ribs.
Freddie and his handler had been inspecting baggage when the canine “alerted to certainly one of Marie’s suitcases,” the company stated. “Because the CBP canine handler began questioning Marie, he violently kicked Freddie.”
CBP stated Marie was trying to herald a number of gadgets of meals, together with illicit agriculture merchandise. Amongst his belongings, CBP stated its brokers discovered 55 kilos of beef, 44 kilos of rice, 15 kilos of eggplant, cucumbers, bell peppers, two kilos of corn seeds, and a pound of herbs.
Varied international agricultural merchandise are prohibited from being introduced into the US in an effort to defend the nation’s native plantlife from illness and invasive species.
“Being caught intentionally smuggling nicely over 100 kilos of undeclared and prohibited agriculture merchandise doesn’t give one permission to violently assault a defenseless Customs and Border Safety beagle,” stated Christine Waugh, CBP’s Space Port Director for D.C.
Marie was ordered to pay the canine’s veterinarian invoice and on Thursday was ordered eliminated again to Egypt.
“We rely closely on our K9 companions and Freddie was simply doing his job,” Waugh stated.
“Any malicious assault on certainly one of us is an assault on all of us, and CBP will proceed to work with our investigating and prosecuting companions to deal swift and extreme justice to perpetrators,” Waugh added.
