Stupidest thing ever smuggled through customs

Thousands of people get caught each year smuggling fake, illegal or stolen goods through customs. A handful of these have caught public attention for their utter absurdity in the methods used and type of goods. Many strange smuggling attempts involve creative ways to smuggle drugs - notable examples include the British couple in 2008 convicted of attempting to smuggle over 2 KG of cocaine stitched into their wigs in 2008, and the American caught trying to smuggle drugs at the border with Mexico whilst travelling on a bus - his 'brain wave' was to disguise the packages as sandal bottoms and gaffer tape them to his feet (fortunately, the sniffer dog could detect the illegal package beyond the smell of the smuggler's feet.)

Animals are a favourite to be taken into a country in a rather strange way. In 2003, a Swedish man was arrested smuggling eight snakes into Australia. Four of them were deadly, four of them were just dead, and all of them were found strapped to the smuggler's legs. Even more bizarrely, in the same country in 2009, another man, travelling from Dubai, was found with two pigeons stuffed into the tights he was wearing. Fortunately both pigeons were alive, the man having been apprehended when eggs were found in his pockets.

Aside from living things, one of the most unusual things smuggled through customs have included genuine 65 million year old dinosaur eggs, believed to have been stolen from researches in China in 2006. They were only discovered just before they went to auction in the United States. People have also been arrested for 'smuggling' plants, including banana trees, across borders, unaware they can cause disease to vegetation in other countries.