It was quite an usual weekend for Dulles Airport Customs and Border Protection agencies, as officers detained an alleged child rapist and seized Iranian jewelry, while agricultural specialists confiscated a cooked whole crocodile and nine pounds of antelope meat.
Augusto G. Montalvo, 54, of Springfield, Va. was wanted on an arrest warrant originating in Fairfax County. Officers arrested Montalvo as he got off the plane from Bolivia on April 2. He faces counts of aggravated sexual battery and animate object sexual penetration from an alleged Jan. 25 incident with a 12-year-old victim.
Following his arrest, he was turned over to Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority police.
“Sexually assaulting anyone is a vicious crime, but allegations of assaulting a 12-year-old child are particularly heinous,”
CBP Port Director for the Port of Washington Christopher Hess said. “[We] take great pleasure in returning dangerous fugitives like this to justice.”
Import awareness
Additionally, CBP officers seized what a passenger estimated to be $3,000 worth of Iranian jewelry on April 3. The bounty included one gold and one silver ring, two gold necklaces, and a golden bracelet and a pair of earrings and was in violation of the Treasury Department’s sanctions on Iranian products.
The same passenger also admitted to carrying $9,300, but when searched, officers discovered $11,106 on the man. CBP policy requires passengers to declare cash values over $10,000.
Close, but no cigar.
An Ethiopian passenger faced a $300 fine on April 1 for continuously refusing to declare food products in her suitcase.
Agricultural specialists discovered nearly seven pounds of cooked antelope meat and a cooked crocodile in her bag. (What the heck???!!!! - Jenn)
Meat and plant products from continents that experience animal or plant diseases are usually banned from import to the U.S. without additional permits, and the crocodile is protected by the Convention on International Trade of Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora.
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