Congo man intercepted at Chicago airport with dried monkey meat, beans infested with pests

Photos of the non-human primate meat seized from a Congolese traveller in Chicago [Courtesy/CBP]

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport seized four pounds of nonhuman primate meat from a passenger believed to be travelling from the Democratic Republic of Congo.

The meat, which appeared to come from a small monkey, was found alongside 11 pounds of pest-infested beans and 17 pounds of unidentified plant material in the traveller's luggage.