You won't believe what airport security found in this passenger's luggage

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="lead-text" itemprop="alternativeHeadline description" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #222222; font-family: 'PT Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.006799697876px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <h2 class="" style="border: 0px; color: #5a6466; font-family: 'PT Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 1.30769231em; font-weight: 100; line-height: 1.41176471em; margin: 0px 0px 0.75em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> The offender is now facing five years in prison after two sports bags were seized by officers at Moscow Domodedovo Airport.</h2> </div> <div class="styleGroup span-15-5" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #222222; float: left; font-family: 'PT Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.006799697876px; margin: 0px 20px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 620px;"> </div> <figure class="inline-image clearfix " style="background-color: white; 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outline-style: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Endangered birds</a> worth more than £80,000 were seized by airport security when a man tried to pass them off as hand luggage.</div> <div style="border: 0px; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: 'PT Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 1.30769231em; line-height: 1.52941176em; margin-bottom: 0.58823529em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href="http://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/rare-animals" style="border: 0px; color: #e90e0e; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline-style: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The five rare Russian saker falcon chicks</a> were found in the <a href="http://www.mirror.co.uk/all-about/smuggling" style="border: 0px; color: #e90e0e; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline-style: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">smuggler’s</a> two sports bags as he went through customs at Domodedovo Airport in the Russian capital Moscow.</div> <div style="border: 0px; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: 'PT Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 1.30769231em; line-height: 1.52941176em; margin-bottom: 0.58823529em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> A customs spokeswoman said: "The man was headed for Armenia and officers became suspicious when they saw something move inside the bag.</div> <div style="border: 0px; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: 'PT Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 1.30769231em; line-height: 1.52941176em; margin-bottom: 0.58823529em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> "When he was stopped and asked about it, he seemed confused.</div> <div style="border: 0px; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: 'PT Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 1.30769231em; line-height: 1.52941176em; margin-bottom: 0.58823529em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> "When we opened the bag we found the three birds with hoods on their heads and their beaks tied up to stop them making a noise. Two birds were in a second bag."</div> <div style="border: 0px; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: 'PT Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 1.30769231em; line-height: 1.52941176em; margin-bottom: 0.58823529em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Saker falcons which can have a wing span of over four feet are found in a wide arc from eastern Europe to western China.</div> <div style="border: 0px; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: 'PT Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 1.30769231em; line-height: 1.52941176em; margin-bottom: 0.58823529em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> <figure class="inline-image clearfix " style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 25px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; zoom: 1;"><div class="image-credit-wrapper" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span class="image-credit" style="background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6); 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color: #2c2c2c; font-family: 'PT Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 1.30769231em; line-height: 1.52941176em; margin-bottom: 0.58823529em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> The chicks rescued at Moscow airport are believed to be from the Siberian region of Khakassia.</div> <div style="border: 0px; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: 'PT Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 1.30769231em; line-height: 1.52941176em; margin-bottom: 0.58823529em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Numbers have been in decline because of a loss of habitat and poaching.</div> <div style="border: 0px; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: 'PT Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 1.30769231em; line-height: 1.52941176em; margin-bottom: 0.58823529em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> The birds are frequently the target of smugglers who sell them to Arab countries where falconry is a popular sport and favourite pastime.</div> <div style="border: 0px; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: 'PT Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 1.30769231em; 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color: #2c2c2c; font-family: 'PT Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 1.30769231em; line-height: 1.52941176em; margin-bottom: 0.58823529em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> <div style="border: 0px; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: 'PT Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 1.30769231em; line-height: 1.52941176em; margin-bottom: 0.58823529em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> The customs spokesman said: "They are often smuggled out with little or no regard for their well-being.</div> <div style="border: 0px; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: 'PT Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 1.30769231em; line-height: 1.52941176em; margin-bottom: 0.58823529em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> "Smugglers do not really care about the state of them. They sometimes die of thirst or suffocation.</div> <div style="border: 0px; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: 'PT Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 1.30769231em; line-height: 1.52941176em; margin-bottom: 0.58823529em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> "Fortunately, these ones were in an okay condition. Although the man was flying to Armenia we believe the birds’ ultimate destination was an Arab state."</div> <div style="border: 0px; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: 'PT Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 1.30769231em; line-height: 1.52941176em; margin-bottom: 0.58823529em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> The birds were taken to a local nursery and the man now faces five years for smuggling.</div> </div> </div>

You won't believe what airport security found in this passenger's luggage

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