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Giant Nigerian Snails Seized And Destroyed At Los Angeles Airport. by babe4chi(f): 1:00pm On Jul 16, 2014
Officials of the Los Angeles International Airport have seized and
destroyed a consignment of 67 African snails sent from Nigeria to a
resident in the US, saying the snails are poisonous and highly
destructive. The snail consignment arrived in the States from
Nigeria on July 1st in a blue basket pictured above.
The snails according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture are
prohibited because they can carry parasites that are harmful to
humans, including one that can lead to meningitis. They also say it
can destroy local crops. Continue...
Maveeda Mirza, the U.S Customs and Border Protection program
manager say they are investigating why an individual would want to
consume such an amount of deadly snails.
"We're investigating what happened, but it doesn't seem like there
was smuggling involved. When someone doesn't know a
commodity is prohibited under USDA regulations there is usually
no punishment," she said.
Source:http://www.google.com/url?q=http://news.yahoo.com/giant-african-snails-seized-los-angeles-airport-174803958.html&sa=U&ei=_2rGU_ewC8W40QXfqIHYAQ&ved=0CAsQFjAAOAo&usg=AFQjCNH9vJMqQprN2ESq9zeo5J3ZkUVHoQ

Re: Giant Nigerian Snails Seized And Destroyed At Los Angeles Airport. by krazydave(m): 1:05pm On Jul 16, 2014
Mxw!!!!
See snails that would have decorated someone's Okro soup is what this people are destroying like this....

*frowning*...#oyinbo_shaa!!

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Re: Giant Nigerian Snails Seized And Destroyed At Los Angeles Airport. by babe4chi(f): 1:15pm On Jul 16, 2014
Lmao! Dis oyibo pple sha...
Well,d owner shoulda fried or boiled d snails instead of takin it live lik that... grin

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Re: Giant Nigerian Snails Seized And Destroyed At Los Angeles Airport. by Leetunechi: 1:20pm On Jul 16, 2014
White men


but dia brains are black

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Re: Giant Nigerian Snails Seized And Destroyed At Los Angeles Airport. by Nobody: 1:32pm On Jul 16, 2014
Hahaha.... They should have sent those snails back to nigeria instead of destroying'em... Or are they going to compensate the owner since they stated that there was no act of smuggling...

Oyinbo thinking sha....

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Re: Giant Nigerian Snails Seized And Destroyed At Los Angeles Airport. by wharlzywee(m): 1:34pm On Jul 16, 2014
Dis obodoyinbo no sabi snail frying and chopping #lol

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Re: Giant Nigerian Snails Seized And Destroyed At Los Angeles Airport. by emperorchedda(m): 1:54pm On Jul 16, 2014
grin see snail wey man for don dey flex. Mtchewwww

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Re: Giant Nigerian Snails Seized And Destroyed At Los Angeles Airport. by timsbee(f): 3:31pm On Jul 16, 2014
ahh! My snails!!!

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Re: Giant Nigerian Snails Seized And Destroyed At Los Angeles Airport. by Mynd44: 10:48am On Jul 17, 2014
And they killed the innocent snails? Where are the animal rights activists?

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Re: Giant Nigerian Snails Seized And Destroyed At Los Angeles Airport. by jayseehe(m): 10:51am On Jul 17, 2014
chai! bad market
babe4chi: Lmao! Dis oyibo pple sha...
Well,d owner shoulda fried or boiled d snails instead of takin it live lik that... grin
maybe he wanted to rear them

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Re: Giant Nigerian Snails Seized And Destroyed At Los Angeles Airport. by BUSHHUNTER: 10:51am On Jul 17, 2014
U mean this snail

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Re: Giant Nigerian Snails Seized And Destroyed At Los Angeles Airport. by daylae(m): 10:52am On Jul 17, 2014
saw this before: #bringbackoursnails

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Re: Giant Nigerian Snails Seized And Destroyed At Los Angeles Airport. by bizngr(f): 10:52am On Jul 17, 2014
[size=18pt]Chai, snail on a plane![/size]


*Mikel on my mind*

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Re: Giant Nigerian Snails Seized And Destroyed At Los Angeles Airport. by Toyolad(m): 10:53am On Jul 17, 2014
Meeehn!!..this is unfair now,snail rights activists shld probe dis oyinbo peepz,I mean why would they destroy them jst like that without tasting them.#angry mood#

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Re: Giant Nigerian Snails Seized And Destroyed At Los Angeles Airport. by justi4jesu(f): 10:53am On Jul 17, 2014
Its not fair ohhhh cry cry

Same way one immigration lady took my Fresh Palm oil @ MMA cry cry

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Re: Giant Nigerian Snails Seized And Destroyed At Los Angeles Airport. by LMAyedun(m): 10:54am On Jul 17, 2014
bizngr: Chai, snail on a plane!


*Mikel on my mind*
SnaiObi
Re: Giant Nigerian Snails Seized And Destroyed At Los Angeles Airport. by crowntoro(f): 10:54am On Jul 17, 2014
daylae: saw this before: #bringbackoursnails
na xoooo, #bringbackoursnails
Re: Giant Nigerian Snails Seized And Destroyed At Los Angeles Airport. by Nobody: 10:54am On Jul 17, 2014
babe4chi: Lmao! Dis oyibo pple sha...
Well,d owner shoulda fried or boiled d snails instead of takin it live lik that... grin

Even then.....it would still be seized.

Someone I knew once tried to take suya into the US. Said Suya was confiscated....and incinerated

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Re: Giant Nigerian Snails Seized And Destroyed At Los Angeles Airport. by hensben(m): 10:55am On Jul 17, 2014
wetin dey do all this oyinbo self, anything wey dem see wey nor dey package na dey poisonous for their eye angry

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Re: Giant Nigerian Snails Seized And Destroyed At Los Angeles Airport. by Malakh: 10:55am On Jul 17, 2014
Snails are unclean, since yall don't keep dietary laws, you eat whatever, yall eat abominable things, yall call it delicacies

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Re: Giant Nigerian Snails Seized And Destroyed At Los Angeles Airport. by Silva79(f): 10:55am On Jul 17, 2014
Oh God! I'm really interested in export business. If u want our local food and u live outside nigeria,pls send an email to me. Silvershadow7979@yahoo.com
Re: Giant Nigerian Snails Seized And Destroyed At Los Angeles Airport. by yuzjet(m): 10:55am On Jul 17, 2014
Chai!!!! See meat.... cheesy cheesy

Na vegetable soup sure pass with these snails. That's one of the soup my grandmother thought me. grin grin

@OP. Abeg, can u #bringbackthesnails and send them to me?
Re: Giant Nigerian Snails Seized And Destroyed At Los Angeles Airport. by snthesis(m): 10:55am On Jul 17, 2014
krazydave: Mxw!!!!
See snails that would have decorated someone's Okro soup is what this people are destroying like this....

*frowning*...#oyinbo_shaa!!
ope o!!!
1st to like grin grin grin grin

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Re: Giant Nigerian Snails Seized And Destroyed At Los Angeles Airport. by Toks2008(m): 10:56am On Jul 17, 2014
Chai! See ofo owerri soup meat.
Re: Giant Nigerian Snails Seized And Destroyed At Los Angeles Airport. by Demdem(m): 10:56am On Jul 17, 2014
Deadly snails...... Can u imagine. These peeps are something else.
Re: Giant Nigerian Snails Seized And Destroyed At Los Angeles Airport. by GodMode: 10:56am On Jul 17, 2014
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Re: Giant Nigerian Snails Seized And Destroyed At Los Angeles Airport. by phadat(m): 10:56am On Jul 17, 2014
bizngr: Chai, snail on a plane!


*Mikel on my mind*
diaris goduooo
Re: Giant Nigerian Snails Seized And Destroyed At Los Angeles Airport. by jeffizy(m): 10:57am On Jul 17, 2014
Better Title: Snail Farming hits a road-block in U.S.

Pity!!


On a lighter note: Maybe the snails didn't get passports at immigration
grin

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Re: Giant Nigerian Snails Seized And Destroyed At Los Angeles Airport. by greall1: 10:58am On Jul 17, 2014
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Re: Giant Nigerian Snails Seized And Destroyed At Los Angeles Airport. by superior1: 10:58am On Jul 17, 2014
Unlike Nigeria, the Americans take food quality and consumer safety serious

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