NEW YORK CITY, New York (KTRK) -- Two men have been arrested after attempting to smuggle little birds from Guyana in hair curlers. The men were arrested Wednesday at John F. Kennedy International ...

THERE are two Guyanese pastimes that have been a fixture in our society for ages and are either outrightly illegal or tethering on the brink of illegality or ...

METEN-MEER-ZORG, Guyana -- The judges leaned in, hands clasped behind their backs. Everyone grew quiet as they stared at the two tiny black birds flitting before them, wondering which one would break ...

So far this year, customs officials say, nearly 200 of the tiny songbirds have made the arduous journey from South America, stuffed into plastic hair rollers or cardboard toilet paper rolls and hidden ...

Two men stuffed 26 finches into hair curlers and their socks and took a flight from Guyana to John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, police say. Why? Victor Benjamin, 72, and Insaf Ali, 57 ...

A man was arrested and charged with allegedly smuggling 35 live finches in hair curlers from Guyana for "singing contests" in New York City, according to a complaint from the US Attorney's Office for ...

NEW YORK, N.Y. – A Guyana man allegedly attempted to smuggle dozens of birds into the U.S. using hair rollers. U.S. Customs and Border Protection says its officers discovered 29 finches concealed in ...

The hair curlers in a flier’s carry-on luggage were worth about $100,000 — thanks to the 34 prized finches that were stuffed inside them, federal prosecutors in Brooklyn said. Francis Gurahoo, a ...

A special agent with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service alleges this curious thing happened. A man took 35 finches. He stuffed each little bird into an individual hair curler, then taped those curlers ...